Spikes

Alteration [earth]

• • Level Druid 4

  • Components V, S, M

  • Casting Time 4 segments

  • Range 60-ft

  • Area of Effect 10-ft square area per caster level (S)

  • Duration 10 rounds per caster level (D)

  • Save Dex vs Spell (save half)

The ground becomes covered in long invisible spikes.

• Any creature that moves through the area must make a Dexterity save vs Spell or take 1d4 piercing damage per 5 foot of movement (save for half).

• Unless charging, creatures can stop movement once the first die of damage is taken. Creatures can leave a spiked 5-ft square without taking damage. Charging creatures will not notice the damage until they end their charge.

• Any creature that fails the save by 5 or more will be maimed and their speed is halved. This maiming can be cured by any amount of magical healing or by bandaging the limb and resting for at least 1 hour. Climbing creatures maimed by the spell must make a Dexterity save vs Petrify or fall (save avoids).

• Falling on to a surface covered in spikes will add 1d4 damage to each d6 of falling damage taken (no save).

Limitations

• Creatures with damage resistance against mundane weapons are immune to the spike damage.

• Flying creatures are immune to spike damage.

Material Components. Mistletoe and a few thorns or spiked stones. Cost/Scarcity. Free/Common.

Known Substitutions. Standard effects for the use of mistletoe substitutions. Mid-summer mistletoe grants a bonus to damage of +1 per die.