Mystyk's Improved Backlash
(Abjuration, Invocation/Evocation)

Range:  0
Components:  V, S, M
Duration:  1 round per level
Casting Time:  6
Area of Effect:  The caster
Saving Throw:  None

This spell is identical to Mystyk's backlash except for the following: when the wizard is hit in melee, if he makes a successful saving throw versus rod, staff or wand, the attack only inflicts half normal damage (rounded down). Also, the energy bursts inflict an additional point of damage per level of the wizard, up to a maximum of 20; this damage is halved if the attacker successfully saves versus spell. For example, if a 14th-level wizard is hit with a melee attack for 12 points of damage, the wizard would suffer 12 points of damage, or 6 if the saving throw is successful; the attacker would suffer 12+14 = 26 points of damage, or 13 if the saving throw succeeds.
The material component for this spell is the same as that for Mystyk's backlash except the gem must be worth at least 600 gp.

