Greater Malison

Greater Malison afflicts all enemies in its area of effect with a penalty to all their Saving throw values.
==Description==
== Gameplay ==
The caster directs this spell at a designated targeting point location on a part of map - use the targeting cursor to select the desired point.
When the spell casting is finished a projectile travels rapidly to the target point and then expands a sparkling effect to all enemy creatures in a 15-feet radius area of effect.
Any enemy creature affected will display a combat log text reading "Saving Throws Lowered", a 3D effect, and a fade from color graphic renders over the creature's sprite.
A party member affected by this spell will display an icon (No. 45) titled "Greater Malison" on their portrait, for as long as the spell is active.
When the malison expires, a sound effect is audibled.
Creatures affected by this spell are afflicted with a -4 penalty to all saving throw values (Death/Poison, Wands, Petrification/Polymorph, Breath Weapons, and Spells modifiers).
This spell can be negated by Magic resistance and blocked by a Globe of Invulnerability - likewise, a Spell Immunity: Enchantment will protect against the spell.
The spell's effects can be removed with various Dispel Magic effects.
This spell does not "stack" with itself but can be used in conjunction with a spell such as Doom for greater saving throw penalties.
In the classic games, affected creatures are immune to the same spell, enhanced editions change the behavior so that the next identical spell first removes the affected source then implements its own effects, this way, the effects such as duration will be "refreshed". This applies to most spells.
==Where to obtain its scroll==
===The Black Pits===
====Sold by====
* Dinguer the Mad 
===Tales of the Sword Coast===
*Ulgoth's Beard Inn
*Sorcerous Sundries
===Shadows of Amn===
*Galoomp's Store
*City of Caverns
*Reirra's Shop
===Throne of Bhaal===
*Arcana Archives
*Watcher's Keep
==Bugs==
*The icon for the spell scroll has the right border cut off in the original Baldur's Gate II.
==Trivia==
The Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition ruleset's version of Greater Malison differs in several ways from the spell design implemented by Bioware. See the external links below.
==Gallery==
OG Greater Malison 1.png|Gorion's Ward casts a Greater Malison upon a group of enemy slavers - these victims have no defense against the spell, and they all are affected, with their saving throws lowered.
OG GM 2.png|This spell can greatly increase the chances of certain spells to defeat an adversary's saving throw. Here a Greater Malison is released onto enemies.
OG WOB 1.png|After the malison has affected the enemy, the Ward finishes the long casting time for a Wail of the Banshee spell, which thanks to the saving throw penalty has killed three of four enemies in one go.
==Mod content==
Spell Revisions mod has changed this arcane spell, revising its effects. See below for description:
Greater Malison
Level: 4
School: Enchantment
Range: Long
Duration: 2 rounds/level
Casting Time: 4
Area of Effect: 15’ radius
Saving Throw: None
The spell allows the caster to adversely affect the saving throws of his enemies. The effect is applied to all hostile creatures within the area of effect. Those under the influence of this spell make all their saving throws at a penalty of -2 and take an extra point of spell damage for each die rolled. Multiple castings of this spell are not cumulative.
The Sword Coast Stratagems mod Smarter Mage component regularly empowers arcane casters to attempt the Greater Malison spell before other spells are cast, similarly to what a smart player would do.
==Mod screenshot==
Greater Malison and Feeblemind.png|SCS mage scripts utilize Greater Malison routinely to lower player party saving throws. Pictured here is such an event followed by the Feeblemind spell.
==External links==
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* Advanced D&D 2nd Edition Wiki - Greater Malison (Wizard Spell)