Extermination

Extermination

Mystic

Apprentice

800 hours

Requires: Black Thumb and Steal the Life's Warmth

Using this foul spell a necromancer can slay small pests. Any small living creature whose form can be easily crushed to death by a man's boot can be slain with this sorcery. Thus insects, mice, rats, small birds, and other small creatures are murdered though this necromantic spell. An apprentice can kill a single animal following a three-round casting, but the effort causes him to take a hit point of his own. A journeyman can either slay several small animals within a few feet of him, or can overcome the hit point cost when used against a single creature. The master can slay all animals in her general vicinity—about ten feet or so away—without taking any hit points. If necessary (e.g. if cast on someone's pet mouse), the saving throw against this sorcery is made at a 17 or better. Other than the fact that they are dead, there is no sign of physical damage to the slain animals.