Ratecliffe's Deadly Finger (True Dweomer)

This spell allows the caster to slay living creatures simply by pointing a finger. If the spell is insufficient to slay all the creatures in the area of effect, creatures closest to the caster are affected first. Creatures with less than 9 Hit Dice are not entitled to a saving throw. Creatures with 9 Hit Dice or more are allowed saves vs. death magic to avoid the effect. Creatures who succeed with their saving throws count toward the Hit Dice affected by the spell.
Creatures slain by this spell cannot be magically revived except by a wish, another true dweomer, or a deity's intervention.
The material components are an adder's head (common), a mummy's finger, a rusty nail drawn from a coffin or gallows (rare), the skull from a creature killed by a catoblepas hunting in its natural habitat, two copper coins surrendered by a will o' wisp, and a shard from a lich's phylactery or a demilich's skull (exotic).
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