Mists of Death
Spell, Black Magic, level 5
Conjures a red mist that kills those who fail to resist within minutes unless an antidote or Neutralize Poison is used.
From the book
Conjures a 10x10x10 ft. cloud of red mist, plus another 10x10x10 ft. per level of ability, that the caster can send up to 100 ft. in any direction. Those who wander in or are engulfed must save vs Constitution; on a failure they perish 1-4 minutes later unless saved by an antidote or by Neutralize Poison, the only remedies. The cloud lasts a fixed 10 minutes.
At a glance
- Area
- 10x10x10 ft. (+10x10x10 ft. per level)
- Range
- Travels up to 100 ft.
- Effect
- Death within 1-4 minutes on a failed save
- Duration
- 10 minutes (non-variable)
- Save
- vs Constitution, for no damage
- Spell type
- Variable, only as stated
- Cure
- Antidote or Neutralize Poison spell
A scene
The Order of Baal does not forgive, and the witch Mairead has been sent to deal with the deserters hiding in the monastery ruins of Pictland. From the ridge she sends a slow red mist rolling down into the cloister, where it fills the courtyard for ten long minutes. Some of the deserters hold their breath and live. The rest cough, look puzzled, and walk on as if nothing has happened, and then within a few minutes they lie down in the cloister and do not get up. Nobody has an antidote, and nobody knows the spell that might save them.