Metal Skin

Oriental Adventures (OA)Updated Oriental Adventures (3.0)

Metal Skin is a D&D 3.5 spell (Transmutation) from OA. On class lists for Wu Jen (Level 5). Range or area: Touch; Saving throw: None; Duration: 1 minute/level; Casting time: 1 standard action.

School
Transmutation
Casting Time
1 standard action
Components
V, S, M
Range
Touch
Target
One creature
Duration
1 minute/level
Saving Throw
None
Spell Resistance
Yes

This spell transforms the skin of the recipient into a gleaming metallic surface.
The recipient’s natural armor bonus becomes +8 (unless it was already better than +8), but the creature also becomes somewhat slow and stiff, suffering a -2 penalty to effective Dexterity for the duration of the spell.
Material Component: A small piece of rhinoceros hide.