Hold Person

Enchantment/Charm [mind-affecting, paralysis]

Cleric Version

• • Level Cleric 2

  • Components V, S, M (DF)

  • Casting Time 5 segments

  • Range 0 or Touch

  • Area of Effect Up to 3 humanoids selected by the caster in a 60-ft. radius burst (or 1 creature touched)

  • Duration 4 rounds + 1 round per caster level

  • Save (Modified) Wisdom vs. Poison (save negates)

Magic-user Version

• • Level Magic-user 3

  • Components V

  • Casting Time 3 segments

  • Range 0

  • Area of Effect Up to 4 humanoids selected by the caster in a 120-ft. radius burst

  • Duration 2 rounds per caster level

  • Save (Modified) Wisdom vs. Poison (save negates)

The target becomes held if it misses it's saving throw.

• The caster can select each target by sight.

• Cleric Version: A single target chosen suffers a -2 penalty to the save. Two targets chosen will both suffer a -1 penalty to the save. More than two targets chosen grant no modifiers. Clerics can cast this spell as a touch spell if desired (so an invisible creature can be targeted for example).

• Magic-user Version: A single target chosen suffers a -3 penalty to the save. Two targets chosen will both suffer a -1 penalty to the save. More than two targets chosen grant no modifiers.

Limitations

• The spell only affects creatures with the creature type or sub-type, humanoid.

Material Components (Cleric Only). A small straight bar of iron which is consumed in the casting. Cost/Scarcity. 2 s.p./Uncommon.

Known Substitutions. Use of an adamantite bar will reduce magic resistance by 20% (cleric only).