Eric Vaubel Pathfinder · Spell Archive
Undead Torch
Necromancy · 3 Level
Custom Spell
3 Level
Necromancy
SchoolNecromancy
LevelSorcerer/Wizard 3
Casting Time1 standard action
ComponentsV, S, M (a living or dead firefly or glowworm)
RangeClose (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
TargetOne corporeal undead/level, no two of which are more than 30 ft. apart
Duration1 round/level
Saving ThrowWill negates (harmless)
Spell ResistanceYes (harmless)
Description
You make a dark incantation and smash the firefly between your thumb and forefinger. The undead then burst into sickly green flames as bright as a torch that does not burn the undead creature.
The subject creature deals an extra 2d6 points of negative energy damage on melee attacks against living creatures. If an attacked creature has spell resistance, the resistance is checked the first time the undead subject attacks it. If your caster level check fails, the creature is unaffected by that casting of the undead torch.
If the undead creature is destroyed, the undead torch continues to burn at the location of its destruction until the duration ends, and living creatures that pass through that area take 2d6 points of damage. If the undead creature assumes a nonphysical state (such as a vampire assuming gaseous form), the spell disperses harmlessly. The torch remains where the undead creature fell rising up from the corpse.
The subject creature deals an extra 2d6 points of negative energy damage on melee attacks against living creatures. If an attacked creature has spell resistance, the resistance is checked the first time the undead subject attacks it. If your caster level check fails, the creature is unaffected by that casting of the undead torch.
If the undead creature is destroyed, the undead torch continues to burn at the location of its destruction until the duration ends, and living creatures that pass through that area take 2d6 points of damage. If the undead creature assumes a nonphysical state (such as a vampire assuming gaseous form), the spell disperses harmlessly. The torch remains where the undead creature fell rising up from the corpse.