Eruptive Pustules (Sorcerer/Wizard Spell)

Level: Sorcerer/Wizard 3

School: Transmutation

Casting

Casting Time: Standard Action, or the first attack of a Full Attack Action

Components: V, S

Effect

Range: Short

Target or Area: one target creature

Duration: Until the end of the current encounter, the end of the next encounter, or until the start of a full night's rest, whichever is sooner

Saving Throw: No saving throw granted
 Save DC: -

Spell Resistance: Yes

Description

Your skin erupts in swollen, pus-filled bumps that burst open if you are struck...or if you deliberately burst them. Any creature that strikes you with its body or a handheld weapon deals normal damage, but at the same time the attacker is subject to a ray attack as the boils burst messily under the attack. Make a ranged touch attack. If successful, the attacker takes (Circle 3 damage): 1d6 points of damage per character level (max 10d6 at character level 10) of acid (energy, common) damage, and is sickened for 1 round. If you strike a target already suffering from the Sickened condition with this spell, the condition is elevated to Afflicted. If you strike a target already suffering from Afflicted due to this spell, the condition is elevated to Nauseated. Note that this spell can be extremely effective against creatures with Bite attacks.

If the attack against you is a critical hit, the ray attack gains a +4 Arcane bonus to-hit.

If you choose to burst the boils yourself, this takes a standard action and the ray of acid erupts as above. There is no chance of critically bursting your own vile buboes, so don't ask. If desired, the action of bursting the boils may be combined with the action of casting the spell, which leads to all manner of unfortunate options with metamagic feats....

This spell lays an arcane charge on its target(s). If the targets are something other than you or another creature (such as an object or area), the spell lays an arcane charge on you, the caster. Targets which already have an arcane charge present must choose which to keep if the new spell has the same charge type. Only one arcane charge can ever be present on a target at a time.

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Mana Burn Circle Damage

Spell Circle	Burn Cost	Req'd Char Level	Base Dice	Max Dice
0	N/A	N/A	1d4 per 2 character levels	max of 4d4 at character level 8
1	N/A	1st	1d6 per character level	max of 4d6 at character level 4
2	+1	3rd	1d6 per character level	max of 6d6 at character level 6
3	+1	5th	1d6 per character level	max of 10d6 at character level 10
4	+1	7th	1d6+1 per character level	max of 12d6+12 at character level 12
5	+1	9th	1d6+1 per character level	max of 15d6+15 at character level 15
6	+1	11th	1d6+2 per character level	max of 16d6+32 at character level 16
7	+1	13th	1d6+2 per character level	max of 20d6+40 at character level 20
8	+1	15th	1d6+3 per character level	max of 21d6+63 at character level 21
9	+1	17th	1d6+3 per character level	max of 25d6+75 at character level 25
10	+1	19th	1d6+4 per character level	max of 25d6+100 at character level 25
11	+1	21st	1d6+5 per character level	max of 25d6+125 at character level 25
12	+1	23rd	1d6+6 per character level	max of 27d6+162 at character level 27
13	+1	25th	1d6+7 per character level	max of 27d6+189 at character level 27
14	+1	27th	1d6+8 per character level	max of 29d6+232 at character level 29
15	+1	29th	1d6+9 per character level	max of 29d6+261 at character level 29
16	+1	31st	1d6+10 per character level	max of 30d6+300 at character level 30
17	+1	33rd	1d6+11 per character level	max of 30d6+330 at character level 30
18	+1	35th	1d6+12 per character level	max of 30d6+360 at character level 30