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Stolen Breath

(Spell Compendium, page 207, DnD 3.5)


Necromancy[Air]


Level: ; Sorcerer/Wizard 2
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Target: One living creature that breathes air
Duration: Instantaneous; see text
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: Yes

With a clenched fist, you make a tugging motion toward your target. A transparent, barely perceptible hand appears to plunge into your target's mouth.

With this spell, you steal all the air from the subject's lungs, causing it to suffer a momentary respiratory crisis. It can take shallow breaths and act normally but is considered sickened for 1 minute. At any time during this minute, the subject can take a full-round action to get its wind back, ending the condition.

Focus: A stoppered glass vial.