Animate Glyphs

School transmutation; Level sorcerer/wizard 7

CASTING

Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S

EFFECT

Range touch
Target one Small glyph/caster level
Duration 1 hr./level or until expended (see text) (D)
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance yes

DESCRIPTION

You may trace a number of glyphs equal to your caster level, each corresponding in size to a Small object. As you increase in levels, you may inscribe larger glyphs as follows: a Medium glyph counts as two Small glyphs, a Large glyph as four, and a Huge glyph as eight.

Once the glyph or glyphs are complete, they remain immaterial and adjacent to you, floating silently until activated as a move action. When so activated, they spring to life as animated objects appropriate to the size of the glyph or glyphs traced. These animated glyphs remain for 1 round/level or until destroyed.

Glyphs created by this spell have hp equal to half that of an animated object of their size category, and the animated glyphs have a touch attack that deals acid, cold, fire, electricity, or sonic damage (your choice at time of casting). The damage depends on the size of the glyph; Small glyphs deal 2d8 damage, and each successively larger glyph deals 1d8 more damage. Spell resistance applies to this damage.

Section 15: Copyright Notice

Deep Magic. © 2014 Open Design LLC. Authors: Wolfgang Baur, Tom Benton, Creighton Broadhurst, Jason Bulmahn, Ross Byers, Charles Lee Carrier, Tim Connors, Adam Daigle, Jonathan Drain, Mike Franke, Ed Greenwood, Frank Gori, Jim Groves, Amanda Hamon Kunz, Sam Harris, Brandon Hodge, Phillip Larwood, Jeff Lee, John Ling, Jr., Chris Lozaga, Ben McFarland, Nicholas Milasich, Carlos Ovalle, Richard Pett, Marc Radle, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Wade Rockett, Stephen Rowe, Adam Roy, Amber E. Scott, Neil Spicer, Owen K.C. Stephens, Joshua Stevens, Christina Stiles, Matt Stinson, Stefen Styrsky, Dan Voyce, and Mike Welham.

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