Plague of Locusts
Spell, Elemental Magic, level 4
Summons a huge cloud of locusts that the caster directs; it strips all vegetation and stings creatures, possibly sending them into a panic. Smoke or fire holds it off.
From the book
A cloud of locusts 100x100x100 ft. in size swarms up at the caster's call. The caster can send it up to 1,000 ft. away; it drifts as a mass at 10 ft. per minute and eats every plant in its path. Any living creature inside the cloud loses 1 point each minute and has to save vs Will or panic, running off in a random direction for 1-4 rounds. Smoke or fire will hold the insects back. The plague lasts 10 minutes.
At a glance
- Area
- 100x100x100 ft. cloud
- Control range
- 1,000 ft.
- Movement
- 10 ft. per minute
- Damage
- 1 point per minute to living creatures inside
- Panic
- Save vs Will or flee in random direction 1-4 rds
- Duration
- 10 minutes
- Save
- vs Will, as stated
- Spell type
- Non-variable
- Deterrent
- Smoke or flames keep the locusts at bay
- Vegetation
- Devours all plants in its path
A scene
The Tharshi overseer at Taranta had flogged one slave too many. From the hill above the vineyards the witch called up a cloud of locusts the size of a temple and walked it slowly downhill, eating every leaf and grape in its path. The guards caught inside it screamed as the insects bit, and half of them bolted blindly through the vines. The overseer alone kept his head. He snatched up a smoking torch from the pruning fires and stood in its haze, untouched, watching his profits vanish row by row.