Korel's Mass Skeletonize
(Conjuration/Summoning, Necromancy)

Range:  10 yards
Components:  V, S, M
Duration:  Special
Casting Time:  1 round
Area of Effect:  Special
Saving Throw:  None

This spell was designed by Korel the Necromancer, who was eager to create undead, but too cultivated to accept the reek of rotting flesh produced by zombies. The casting of this spell summons a horde of insects which rapidly devour all the flesh from the corpses of a number of creatures. To determine how many creatures can be skeletonized with one casting, use the guidelines of animate dead (one body per level of humans, less for higher Hit Dice).
Note that the body must be completely dead (-10 HP, not just unconscious at 0 HP). Only the bare bones are left behind, completely clean after a rinsing of water.
The spell may also function on animated undead, in which case a savings throw is granted to negate the effect. Failure results in the loss of one Hit Die. Obviously, skeletons are immune. Free-willed undead are also immune.
The material component is a large pinch of sugar mixed with bone powder, which must be sprinkled over the bodies to be affected.

