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|author_name=Wildmage
|date_created=27th November 2018
|status=Finished
|balance=Unquantifiable
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{{3.5e Spell
| name=Yellow Sign
| school=Enchantment
| subschool=Compulsion 
| desc=Mind-Affecting
| lvl=Dark Insight 2
| comp=V, S, M
| casttime=1 minute
| range=0 ft.; see text
| tsea=e 
| subj=One symbol
| dur=See text
| save=[[SRD:Saving Throw|Will]] negates
| sr=Yes
|summary=Paint the magical rune of Hastur and madness.
}}

This spell allows you to scribe a potent rune of power upon a surface. When triggered, a ''Yellow Sign'' gnawes on the sanity of one or more creatures within 60 feet of the symbol (treat as a burst). Once triggered, the ''sign ''becomes active and glows, lasting for 1 round per [[SRD:Caster Level|caster level]]. Any creature that enters the area while the ''Yellow Sign ''is active is subject to its effect, whether or not that creature was in the area when it was triggered. A creature need save against the ''sign ' once each round as long as it remains within the area, any round a creature who makes it's save can chose to close its eyes this makes the creature immune to the spell as long as the eyes are closed but also makes the creature [[SRD:Blinded|blindet]] until the eyes are oppendet agein.

If the will save is failed the creature will gain 1 point of [[Mindbreak (3.5e Variant Rule)|madness]] and become [[SRD:Dazed|dazed]] for 1 round.

Until it is triggered, the ''Yellow Sign ''is inactive (though visible and legible at a distance of 60 feet). To be effective, a ''Yellow Sign ''must always be placed in plain sight and in a prominent location. Covering or hiding the rune renders the ''Minor Yellow Sign ''ineffective, unless a creature removes the covering, in which case the ''Yellow Sign ''works normally.

As a default, a ''Yellow Sign ''is triggered whenever a creature does one or more of the following: looks at the rune; reads the rune; touches the rune; passes over the rune; or passes through a portal bearing the rune. Regardless of the trigger method, a creature more than 60 feet from a Yellow Sign can’t trigger it (even if it meets one or more of the triggering conditions, such as reading the run.

In this case, “reading” the rune means any attempt to study it, identify it, or fathom its meaning. Throwing a [[SRD:Cover|cover]] over a ''Yellow Sign ''to render it inoperative.  

When scribing a ''Yellow Sign'', you can specify a password or phrase that prevents a creature using it from triggering the effect''. ''Anyone using the password remains immune to that particular rune’s effects so long as the creature remains within 60 feet of the rune. If the creature leaves the radius and returns later, it must use the password again.

Any creature who are a true beliver of Hastur is attuned to a ''Yellow Sign '' and cannot trigger it and is immune to its effects, even if within its radius when triggered. 

''[[SRD:Read Magic|Read magic]]'' allows you to identify a ''Yellow Sign ''with a [[SRD:DC|DC]] 13 [[SRD:Spellcraft Skill|Spellcraft]] check. Of course, if you are less than 60ft away from the ''Yellow Sign '' this will trigger the symbol.

A ''Yellow Sign ''can be removed by a successful ''dispel magic ''targeted solely on the rune. An ''[[SRD:Erase|erase]]'' spell has no effect on a ''Yellow Sign. ''Destruction of the surface where a ''Yellow Sign ''is inscribed destroys the ''sign ''but also triggers it.

''Note: ''Magic traps such as ''Yellow Sign ''are hard to detect and disable. A [[SRD:Rogue|rogue]] (only) can use the [[SRD:Search Skill|Search]] skill to find a ''Yellow Sign ''and [[SRD:Disable Device Skill|Disable Device]] to thwart it. The [[SRD:DC|DC]] in each case is 25 + [[SRD:Spell Level|spell level]], or 27 for ''Minor Yellow Sign''.

If cast in a 4th level spell slot, this becomes Greater Yellow Sign. Changes from a Yellow Sign to a Greater Yellow Sign is: Casting time becomes 10 Minutes, duration when triggeret is in minuttes instead of rounds. 

If cast in a 8th level spell slot, this becomes True Yellow Sign. Changes from a Yellow Sign to a True Yellow Sign is: Casting time becomes 1 Day, duration when triggeret is in Hours instead of rounds and the range of the activation and area of effect becomes 500 ft.

''[[SRD:Spell Descriptions#Material (M)|Material Component]]: ''Mercury and phosphorus, plus powdered Citrine with a total value of at least 50 gp per caster level.

''Madness Cost:''  3
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Article Balance	Unquantifiable +
Author	Wildmage +
Component	V +, S + and M +
Descriptor	Mind-Affecting +
Identifier	3.5e Spell +
Level	Dark Insight 2 +
Range	Other +
Rating	Undiscussed +
School	Enchantment +
Subschool	Compulsion +
Summary	Paint the magical rune of Hastur and madness. +
Title	Yellow Sign +