Drain Vitality

Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords (ToB)Updated Supplementals (3.5)

Drain Vitality is a D&D 3.5 spell (Shadow Hand (Strike)) from ToB. On class lists for Swordsage (Level 2). Range or area: Melee attack; Saving throw: Fortitude negates; Duration: Instantaneous; Casting time: 1 standard action.

School
Shadow Hand (Strike)
Casting Time
1 standard action
Range
Melee attack
Target
One creature
Duration
Instantaneous
Saving Throw
Fortitude negates
Spell Resistance
No

A faint nimbus of sickly gray shadow surrounds your weapon. When you attack, this shadowy aura flows into the wound you inflict, sapping your opponent’s strength, vitality, and energy.

As part of this maneuver, make a single melee attack. If this attack hits, you deal normal melee damage and the target must make a successful Fortitude save (DC 12 + your Wis modifier) or take 2 points of Constitution damage. A successful save negates the Constitution damage but not the normal melee damage.