Klaus' Killer Kustard Koypu
(Alteration)

Range:  15 yards
Components:  V, S, M
Duration:  4 rounds + 1 round per level
Casting Time:  3
Area of Effect:  Special
Saving Throw:  Negates

This spell requires enough custard - which need not be fresh - to fill a small bowl. The custard is expanded into 2d6+1 per level custard-coloured coypu (large beaver-like South American rodents). They will rapidly attach themselves to the nearest humanoids (within 5 yards if possible, but probably only up to 3 coypu per person) and mill inquisitively around them wherever they go saying "Nyip!" repeatedly in a most annoying fashion. Victims who fail to save versus spell attack the coypu in preference to the real targets, unless the real targets are attacking them as well. Spellcasters who fail an Intelligence roll are distracted. Coypu harassing a person will impede them, reducing their movement rate by 3 per coypu. If they try to move faster there is a 30% chance per round (for a medium-sized creature) of tripping over a coypu, 15% for large and small creatures. If any coypu are attacked, harmed or have someone trip over them, all coypu attached to the person in question will promptly become slavering killer coypu and attack them until slain or the spell expires. They have 1 HD, AC 8 and a THAC0 of 18 with one bite attack for 1d4 points of damage. When the spell expires, they dissolve into gooey custard.

