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|author_name=Leziad
|date_created=11th January 2014
|status=Finished
|balance=Very High
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''Note: This is a homebrew spell designed to replace [[Book of Vile Darkness|Steal Life]]. You may be looking for the original instead.''

<onlyinclude>{{3.5e Spell
|name=Steal Life
|school=Necromancy
|subschool=
|desc=Evil
|lvl=Cleric 8, Sorcerer/Wizard 8
|comp=S
|casttime=1 full-round action
|range=Touch
|dur=Concentration (see text)
|tsea=t
|subj=One Living Creature
|save=Fortitude Negate
|sr=Yes
|summary=Literally consume someone's life away, possibly getting younger.
}}

As you cast this spell your hands and eyes glow with fell energy, allowing you to steal a creature's very life away. The target of the spell is allowed a fortitude save to negate the effect, if they fail save they become [[SRD:Helpless|helpless]] for the duration of the effect. Each round at the start of your turn the targeted creature take 1 point of [[SRD:Ability Burn|ability burn]] to all ability scores. If the drained creature is of the same type as you you start draining it life away, increasing your maximal age by 1 day per points burned. Once the creature [[Constitution]] reach 0 it is left a lifeless husk, worse is that if it resurrected it return to life at it exact maximum age and gain no bonus from aging beyond those he had prior of being slain (but take all penalties), dying of old age within 1d4 days unless somehow rejuvenated.  

In order to concentrate on the spell you need to remain within touch range with the target, if you or the target move away the spell end. The [[SRD:Ability Burn|ability burn]] caused by this spell is not restored through natural healing, the only way to restore a victim of steal life is either slaying the caster, which automatically cure all the [[SRD:Ability Burn|ability burn]] she inflicted with ''steal life'' or a [[SRD:Miracle|''miracle'']] or [[SRD:Wish|''wish'']] spell.

If the target of the spell is the same type as you and you are either in an area under the effect of a [[SRD:desecrate|''desecrate'']] or [[SRD:Unhallow|''unhallow'']] spell or during a full moon night you do not increase your maximal age, but instead start getting younger. Instead of increasing your maximal age, for each point burned by this spell you become two month younger (up to a minimum age of your choice), this allow you to reverse and delay aging penalties (and death) essentially indefinitely. You still count your original age for aging bonuses. However you start to suffer from rapid aging, each day againg 1 month until you are back at your actual age.</onlyinclude>


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Article Balance	Very High +
Author	Leziad +
Component	S +
Descriptor	Evil +
Identifier	3.5e Spell +
Level	Sorcerer/Wizard 8 + and Cleric 8 +
Range	Touch +
Rated By	Undead Knave +
Rating	Rating Pending +
School	Necromancy +
Summary	Literally consume someone's life away, possibly getting younger. +
Title	Steal Life +