Poison Needles

Oriental Adventures (OA)Updated Oriental Adventures (3.0)

Poison Needles is a D&D 3.5 spell (Transmutation) from OA. On class lists for Wu Jen (Level 4). Range or area: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels); Saving throw: Fortitude negates (see text); Duration: Instantaneous; Casting time: 1 standard action.

School
Transmutation
Casting Time
1 standard action
Components
V, S, M, F
Range
Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target
One creature
Duration
Instantaneous
Saving Throw
Fortitude negates (see text)
Spell Resistance
Yes

As rain of needles, but the needles drip with poison.
You can attack only one target, and you must succeed on a normal ranged attack to harm the target.
If you hit, the target suffers the effect of the poison needles.
You can choose one of the following effects:

  • 1d8 points of temporary Constitution damage immediately and another 1d8 points of temporary Constitution damage 1 minute later.

Each instance of damage can be negated by a successful Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 caster’s level + caster’s Intelligence modifier).
  • Paralysis for 2d6 minutes, negated by a successful Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 caster’s level + caster’s Intelligence modifier).
  • 1d10 points of temporary Dexterity damage immediately and another 1d10 points of temporary Dexterity damage 1 minute later.

Each instance of damage can be negated by a successful Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 caster’s level + caster’s Intelligence modifier).