Animus Blast

Evocation [Cold]

Spellcraft DC: 50

Components: S, V

Casting Time: 1 standard action

Range: 300 ft.

Area 20-ft.-radius hemisphere burst

Duration: Instantaneous

Saving Throw: Reflex half

Spell Resistance: Yes

To Develop: 450,000 GP; 9 days; 18,000 XP. Seeds: energy (DC 19); animate dead (DC 23). Factors: set undead type to skeleton (-12 DC); 1-action casting time (+20 DC).

When this spell is cast, enemies within range are dealt 10d6 points of cold damage. However, up to twenty of those victims that perish as a result of this blast are then instantly animated as Medium skeletons. These skeletons serve the character indefinitely. The character cannot exceed the normal limit for controlling undead through use of this spell, but other means that allow the character to exceed the normal limit for controlled undead work just as well with undead created with animus blast.