Thorn Staff

Thorn Staff
Skill: alteration/plant 19
Backlash: 18
Difficulty: 11
Effect Value: 24
Bonus Number to: effect
Range: touch
Duration: 14 (10 minutes)
Cast Time: 0 (one second)
Manipulation: cast time, state
This spell will only work on wooden staves no longer
than two meters. The caster touches the staff to invoke the pattern. This
causes illusory thorns to grow all over the surface of the wood (except where
the caster's hands are). The disbelief difficulty is 12. If an object is struck with the Thorn
Staff, It will take the staff’s normal damage plus the casting value of the
spell. If someone is touching the staff when the spell is cast, he will take
damage equal to the casting value only. The caster can control where on the
wood the thorns grow, but not the duration of the spell.