Weaken Bone

Weaken Bone Mystic Basic 180 hours Double learning difficulty

This spell causes hairline fractures in the victim's bones whenever he attacks, or otherwise engages in strenuous activities. Each attack that the victim makes—as well as each smashing or hacking attack that hits—mandates a saving throw against physical magic at a 12 to avoid an additional 1D4 points of damage; an initial save vs. necromantic magic of 16 will avoid the brittleness entirely. Unless prolonged through some other magics, this curse will be ended by the victim's natural healing (regeneration doesn't help here), and lasts for about a week. A bundle of sticks must be gathered & dried over a smoky flame prior to the casting; this requires several hours. The actual sorcerous casting of this spell is much faster—the faggot is twisted while the necromancer focuses on the victim & chants the remainder of the spell; this final process takes about 30 seconds. One nonmystically-inclined observer commented that the final chant sounds like "break-motherfucker-break."