Gunther's Kaleidoscopic Strike in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

Gunther's Kaleidoscopic Strike

Name

Type of Magic

Mage

Spell Level

8th

School

Invocation and Evocation (House Appius)

Sphere

Reversible?

Range

15 ft./level

Components

Somatic, Verbal

Duration

Instantaneous

Casting Time

Area of Effect

1 creature

Saving Throw

Negates

Effects

When this spell is cast, a thin beam of shimmering, kaleidoscopic light shoots from the wizard's fingertips toward his target. The victim is allowed a saving throw to resist the beam. This spell has no effect on nonspellcasters, causing them no harm whatsoever. Creatures with innate spell-like abilities are also unaffected. Against wizards and priests, this spell can be devastating. It "short-circuits" the arcane energy stored in a spellcaster's mind, wiping away a number of memorized spells. Lost spells must be rememorized. The number of spells drained is equal to the caster's level minus 1d20. Thus, a 16th-level wizard drains a maximum of 15 spells, but could drain no spells depending on the die roll. After subtracting the die roll from the caster's level, any result of zero or a negative number indicates that the victim loses no spells. Spells are drained from the wizard's memorized spells beginning with 1st-level spells and working up to higher level spells. Any decision regarding which spell should be drained from a specific level should be determined randomly.

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