Painful Echoes
Painful Echoes is a D&D 3.5 spell (Evocation) from CM. On class lists for Bard (Level 2), Bard Variant (Level 2), Divine Bard (Level 2), and others. Range or area: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels); Saving throw: Fortitude partial; Duration: 1 round/level; Casting time: 1 standard action.
- School
- Evocation
- Casting Time
- 1 standard action
- Components
- V, S
- Range
- Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
- Target
- One living creature/4 caster levels within 30 ft. of each other
- Duration
- 1 round/level
- Saving Throw
- Fortitude partial
- Spell Resistance
- Yes
Your shout seems to echo into eternity, causing your foes to twitch and writhe as the reverberations pummel them internally.
You set up painful vibrations within your subjects. Each round, the spell deals 1d4 points of sonic damage and sickens each subject for 1 round. A successful Fortitude save negates the damage and the sickening effect for that round, but the subject must continue to save every round until the duration expires. Creatures that are immune to extra damage from critical hits are immune to the sickening effect.
If a subject under the effect of painful echoes is affected by deafening blast (see page 101) or resonating agony (see page 115), the two spells interact to create a greater effect. See the deafening blast and resonating agony spells for details.