Area Effect Lower Resistance
(Abjuration, Metamagic)

Range:  10 feet per level
Components:  V, S, M
Duration:  Instantaneous
Casting Time:  8
Area of Effect:  30-foot diameter sphere, 1 person per level
Saving Throw:  Special

This spell is an improvement of the 5th-level area effect non-detection. It affects up to one creature per caster level in a 30-foot diameter sphere. The creatures which are to be affected are chosen by the spell caster as long as they are within the area of effect. The creatures can use their magic resistance at half the normal chance to resist the effect of this spell. They get no other saving throw (not even their scarab saves). If they fail their magic resistance checks, their magic resistances are reduced by 4% per caster level. This works even on items which provide magic resistance. This effect lasts for 1 turn per level of the caster.
The material component is a handful of iron which has been filed from an active iron golem's head. These iron shavings have to be corroded in a solution made from a potion of magic resistance (which is spoiled by this use) and one full gallon of water from the Styx which has been touched in the previous minute by Charon (the boatman of the dead).

