Whisper's Penultimate Death Strike
(Necromancy)

Range:  Special
Components:  V
Duration:  Permanent
Casting Time:  1
Area of Effect:  Special
Saving Throw:  Special

This special spell, is one that assaults the very core of its targets, both in mind and body. The spell causes all organs in the body to rupture, and the mind to be assaulted by psychic energies, making the mind essentially explode. Those affected will fall to the ground, their minds aflame, their bodies in wracking pain, as one organ after the other ruptures, and finally the mind overloads. The spell can affect all those in sight of the caster in some way or another. Be it through real, physical sight, through the aid of such devices such as a crystal ball, or a mental contact through ESP, psionics, or other magical or mental abilities. The caster needs be completely aware of where the targets are exactly, and the targets have to be present on the same plane as the caster resides. The spell can affect as many levels or Hit Dice as twice that of the caster. If the caster has other classes as well, these will count towards his level at half effectiveness, rounded down, and be taken into consideration when calculating the target levels (a F17/M19 will count as a 19+(17/2) = 27th-level character).
An affected character making its saving throw, will still be in wracking pain, and lose half of its hit points, and will be incapacitated (convulsing on the floor) for 26 rounds minus their Constitution, divided by two and rounded down. Thus, a character with 17 Constitution will be frothing and twisting on the ground for 4 rounds.
An interesting side-effect can be seen by targets who are wizards or priests or creatures who have magical energies stored in some other way (creatures with inherent magic abilities, breath weapons etc.). If they fail their saving throws, during the last seconds before their minds explode, all these energies are released in a single burst. DMs should devise their own effects for this on an individual basis, but the effects should not be anything less than spectacular, extremely destructive, and lethal to anything near the beings so dying.


