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| Culling Wave | |
|---|---|
| Level | 9th level |
| MP cost | 36 at starting level |
| Tradition | Divine |
| Cast with | 2 actions |
| Range | From the caster |
| Target | Everyone in the area |
| Area | 60-ft line |
| Defense | Fortitude |
| Damage | 9d6 or 100 (or death) |
| Damage type | Dark |
| Duration | Instant |
Culling Wave
Culling Wave is a 9th-level spell of the Divine tradition.
Effect
A 60-ft line of killing Dark against living creatures of level 17 or lower. Critical success: nothing. Success: 9d6 dark. Failure: 100 dark. Critical failure: death. If it slays no one, it lashes back for 30 dark to everyone in the line and to the caster.
MP by casting level
| Casting level | MP cost |
|---|---|
| 9 | 36 |
| 10 | 40 |
Who casts it, and where it comes from
- Cast by a hero Cleric (Divine list).
- Casting from personal MP costs 36 MP at its starting level. At a higher casting level, pay 4 MP per spell level.
- Personal MP casting requires the class focus: a Spellbook in the Wizard’s bag, a Score in the Bard’s bag, or the Cleric’s own Holy Relic on an equipped item. Without it, use a Scroll (or Sheet Music as a Bard). See Magic Points.
- At the Wizard School Writing table, a caster can scribe a spell he can cast. Each Scroll uses 1 Paper, 1 Ink, a fee equal to its sell value and the spell's full MP. A Bard makes Sheet Music at the Theatre's Sheet Music Stand on the same terms. Read either once to use it up without spending the reader's MP, or bind it into the matching book. See Magic Crafting.
- Scrolls and Sheet Music have distinct seals for all ten spell levels; the chosen item level determines the spell’s casting level.
Other 9th level spells
Falling Star · Hour of Mending · Frostlance · Maddening Hymn · Shriek of the Banshee