Symbol of Pain

Necromancy [Evil]

Level: Clr 5, Sor/Wiz 5

This spell functions like symbol of death, except that each creature within the radius of a symbol of paininstead suffers wracking pains that impose a –4 penalty on attack rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. These effects last for 1 hour after the creature moves farther than 60 feet from the symbol.

Unlike symbol of death, symbol of painhas no hit point limit; once triggered, a symbol of painsimply remains active for 10 minutes per caster level.

*Note:*Magic traps such as symbol of painare hard to detect and disable. A rogue (only) can use the Search skill to find a symbol of painand Disable Device to thwart it. The DC in each case is 25 + spell level, or 30 for symbol of pain.

*Material Component:*Mercury and phosphorus, plus powdered diamond and opal with a total value of at least 1,000 gp.