Mummify

(Sandstorm, DnD 3.5)

Necromancy

Level: ; Cleric 6; Druid 6; Sorcerer/Wizard 6
Components: V, S, DF
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: One living creature
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fortitude partial; see text
Spell Resistance: Yes

You flash-dry a creature, killing it and preserving it in an instantaneous mummification process.
A creature that makes a successful Fortitude saving throw instead takes 6d6 points of dessication damage and is dehydrated.
If the damage kills the target, it is still mummified.
Arcane Material Component: A strip of salted cloth.