Death Knell

You draw forth the ebbing life force of a creature and use it to fuel your own power. Upon casting this spell, you touch a living creature that has -1 or fewer hit points. If the subject fails its saving throw, it dies, and you gain 1d8 temporary hit points and a +2 bonus to Strength. Additionally, your effective caster mana rank goes up by +1, improving spell effects dependent on caster mana rank. (This increase in effective caster mana rank does not grant you access to more spells.) These effects last for 10 minutes per HD of the subject creature.

Gestures & Ritual

Verbal, Somatic

Related Discipline

Divine

Related School

Necromancy

Effect Duration

Instantaneous/10 minutes per HD of subject; see text

Effect Casting Time

1 Action

Range

Touch

Level

6 mana