Necromancy
Level: Clr 4, Drd 4, Sor/Wiz 5
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: Creature touched
Duration: 1 minute/level
Saving Throw: See text
Spell Resistance: Yes
The subject’s natural attacks are infused with supernatural pathogens. For the duration of the spell, creatures damaged by the subject’s natural weapons contract a disease selected from the table, which strikes immediately (no incubation period). The DC noted is for the subsequent save (use festering claw’s normal save DC for the initial saving throw).
| Disease | DC | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Blinding sickness | 16 | 1d4 Str* |
| Cackle fever | 16 | 1d6 Wis |
| Filth fever | 12 | 1d3 Dex and 1d3 Con |
| Mindfire | 12 | 1d4 Int |
| Red ache | 15 | 1d6 Str |
| Shakes | 13 | 1d8 Dex |
| Slimy doom | 14 | 1d4 Con |
* Each time a victim takes 2 or more points of Strength damage from blinding sickness, he or she must make a second Fortitude save (using the disease’s save DC) or be permanently blinded.