Mummify

Sandstorm (Sa)Updated Supplementals (3.5)

Mummify is a D&D 3.5 spell (Necromancy) from Sa. On class lists for Cleric (Level 6), Druid (Level 6), Sorcerer (Level 6), and others. Range or area: Touch; Saving throw: Fortitude partial (see text); Duration: Instantaneous; Casting time: 1 standard action.

School
Necromancy
Casting Time
1 standard action
Components
V, S, M, DF
Range
Touch
Target
One living creature
Duration
Instantaneous
Saving Throw
Fortitude partial (see text)
Spell Resistance
Yes

You flash-dry a creature, killing it and preserving it in an instantaneous mummification process.
A creature that makes a successful Fortitude saving throw instead takes 6d6 points of dessication damage and is dehydrated.
If the damage kills the target, it is still mummified.
Arcane Material Component: A strip of salted cloth.