Holy Word
Spell, Divine Magic, level 6
One spoken word either dispels control-type spells on everyone within earshot or makes undead within hearing back away and keep their distance for 10 minutes.
From the book
A single spoken word with one of two effects. The first cancels one control-type spell (Slow/Haste, Charm, Hypnosis, Emotional Influence and so on) on everyone who hears it; there is no real limit to how many people it can free, so long as they can hear the caster's voice.
The second makes all undead within hearing shrink away from the caster and those nearby. They back off slowly to a distance of 10-40 ft. and keep it for 10 minutes before they dare to come closer again.
At a glance
- Restricted to
- Practitioners of Divine Magic only
- Options
- 1 Dispel any single control-type spell for all within hearing; 2 Undead within hearing back off 10-40 ft. for 10 minutes
- Range
- Hearing range
- Save
- None
- Spell type
- Non-variable
A scene
The necromancer's zombies have come shambling up the road to the village in their dozens, and Tomas, the village priest, has no army, only his voice. He stands in the middle of the road, raises his holy symbol, and speaks a single word of power. Every one of the dead within earshot stops, flinches, and begins to back away, slowly, until they are huddled thirty feet off, their empty eyes on him. For ten minutes they will not come closer. Tomas turns and shouts for the villagers to run.