Cause Blindness or Deafness (Wizard Spell)

The cause blindness or deafness spell inflicts the chosen disability on a creature if a successful touch attack is made and the creature touched fails a saving throw vs. spell. The blindness or deafness inflicted is of a magical nature.
Blindness: The creature suffers a - 4 penalty to its attack rolls, a +4 penalty to its Armor Class, and a +2 penalty to its initiative rolls.
Deafness: The creature suffers a 1 penalty to its surprise roll, a +1 penalty to its initiative rolls, has a 20% chance of spell failure for spells with verbal components, and can react only to what it can see or feel.
The affliction can be removed by an appropri­ate curing spell or by the caster, who can negate the affliction at will. The dispel magic spell is not effective. Unlike the 3rd - level priest spell, cure blindness or deafness, this spell has no reversed form. This spell is often used in combination with the second - level spectral hand spell. Casting this spell is an evil act.
Notes: Common spell. Restricted to necromancers and evil witches.
Category:Wizard Spells
Category:Spells from Wizard's Spell Compendium
Category:Spells