Chilling Glimpse
Chilling Glimpse
Source Lynte Homebrew 2023
School evocation [cold, curse]; Level occultist 3, witch 3
Casting
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, M (Eye of Owl)
Effect
Range short (25 ft. + 5 ft./level)
Area 20-foot burst centered on a point on one of your target’s spaces
Target 1 creature
Duration see text
Saving Throw Fortitude half, Will partial, see text; Spell Resistance yes
Description
You place a destructive curse upon the target, with an intrinsic warning. The target and all who see you cast the spell know its effects and duration. The warning and mental damage from this spell is a divination effect.
Upon casting the spell, the creature rolls a 1d4. The result determines when the chilling curse climaxes and its damage dice based on the table below. When the event arrives, cold rips through the target and anything nearby, dealing a dice of cold damage per 2 caster levels (maximum 5 dice, Fortitude halves). The primary target must make an additional Will save or take the same amount of damage as nonlethal mental damage and be staggered for 1 round.
| Result | Chill Arrival | Damage Dice |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | After 3 rounds | d12s |
| 3 | After 2 rounds | d10s |
| 2 | After 1 round | d8s |
| 1 | At the end of your target’s next turn. | d6s |