Stone Gaze
(Alteration)

Range:  0
Components:  V, S, M
Duration:  1 round per level
Casting Time:  7
Area of Effect:  The caster
Saving Throw:  Negates

This spell grants the wizard a gaze attack equal to that possessed by medusae. Anyone within 5 yards per level that meets the caster's gaze must save versus petrification or be turned to stone. Like a medusa, the spellcaster is vulnerable to his own gaze. Unlike the medusa, the Stone Gaze is an active attack: the caster must consciously attack one creature, and only one attack can be performed per round. The only exception to this is when the caster accidentally meets his own gaze.
The component for this spell is the eye of a creature that possesses a stone to flesh gaze, such as a medusa or basilisk.

