Otiluke's Smoky Sphere (Wizard Spell)

This spell summons into the caster's hand a small crystalline sphere filled with a gray, hazy mass. The caster can throw the smoke sphere as far as 60 yards as a grenade-like missile. The sphere shatters when it hits, filling a 10-foot radius area with harsh, irritating smoke. Any creature in the area failing a saving throw vs. poison suffers a fit of coughing, gasping, and choking for 1d4+1 rounds. The affected creatures attack and make saving throws with a -2 penalty until the fit passes, and any spell with a verbal component has a 30% chance of failure when cast by a coughing spellcaster.
The smoke cloud disperses and becomes harmless after one round. The sphere must be used within three rounds of casting or the sub­stance becomes inert and useless, and the crys­tal sphere disintegrates. If the smoke sphere is shattered before it is thrown, the smoke cloud affects the caster.
The material component is a charred stick or piece of charcoal and a small, hollow glass ball.
Notes: Uncommon or rare spell (WoG).
Category:Wizard Spells
Category:Spells from Wizard's Spell Compendium
Category:Spells