Poisonous Presence

Poisonous Presence Mystic Basic 400 hours

A sure sign that a powerful necromancer inhabits an area is when all life dies or leaves. This mystic ability makes that happen. This process takes about one month for vegetation to die, and about a week for animals to die or leave the area. The radius of effect is based on the power of the necromancer, a starting apprentice mage may only have a dozen yards from his home, while a level 30+ sorcerer would slay all within miles. The resulting area may be left either bleached & dry, with animal bones, barkless trees, & sand blowing about. Alternately it may be left blackened and forever rotting, with dark swamplike trees casting long shadows, black soil from the decayed matter—yet barren and lifeless, and a pervasive scent of death.