View source for Karmic Annihilation (3.5e Spell)

{{author
|author_name=Sulacu
|date_created=July 26, 2017
|status=Complete
|balance=High
}}

<onlyinclude>{{3.5e Spell
|name=Karmic Annihilation
|school=Universal
|subschool=
|desc=Law
|lvl=Sorcerer/Wizard 9
|comp=V, S, XP
|casttime=1 [[SRD:Round|round]]
|range=Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 [[SRD:Caster Level|levels]])
|dur=Instantaneous
|tsea=t
|subj=One living creature
|save=[[SRD:Will|Will]] negates and none or [[SRD:Reflex|Reflex]] negates (see text).
|sr=No
|summary=Slays target creature or object and annihilates all karmic ties with it.
}}

{{quote
|To many beings of power, death of the flesh is a mere inconvenience. Even death of the spirit will allow one's legacy to remain. However, to have your Karma severed, to be erased from the memories of anyone who knows of you or who you've ever met, as if you had never existed in the world ... that is true death.
|orig=The Old Fisherman
|src=cursed meanderer of the Grey Lands}}

You point at a target creature within range, fingertip imbued with an irresistible power of natural law. Every being, living or dead, loses their karmic connection to the target, expunging all knowledge of the target's existence from their memory. The target itself seemingly vanishes from reality and there is no save against the severing of Karma. However, if the target manages to survive the ''karmic annihilation'', the severing of Karma still occurs but allows creatures to make a [[SRD:Will|Will]] save to resist it and retain their memories of the target. You yourself as the caster of the spell will always retain all your memories of the target.

To all onlookers, a target successfully removed by ''karmic annihilation'' appears to instantly vanish without a trace, but what truly happens is that as soon as the spell becomes active, the target makes an immediate [[SRD:Will|Will]] save. If the target fails the save, time stops for every creature and object except for you (the caster) and the target. All color drains from the world as a rift then opens in the air or ceiling above the target from which a fishing lure emerges that hooks the target and drags it out of reality, effectively killing them. At this point, time resumes. The effective duration of this mutual ''[[SRD:Time Stop|time stop]]'' effect is one [[SRD:Round|round]]. All effects created during this round of time disappear once time resumes.

The fishing lure normally hooks the target unerringly, but a creature protected by ''[[SRD:Protection from Law|protection from law]]'', ''[[SRD:Magic Circle against Law|magic circle against law]]'', ''[[SRD:Dispel Law|dispel law]]'', ''[[SRD:Cloak of Chaos|cloak of chaos]]'' or some other effect that interferes with natural [[SRD:Lawful Effect|law]] is allowed to make one [[SRD:Reflex|Reflex]] save to prevent the lure hooking them and avoid being slain. Furthermore, if the target manages to sever the fishing line (AC 40, treat as an astral traveler's [[SRD:Astral Projection|silver cord]]) during the round that time is stopped, the ''karmic annihilation'' will fail.

This effect is not [[SRD:Necromancy School|necromancy]] or simple destruction, but rather a severing of the natural laws of the universe. As such, the effect of severing Karma does not affect any creatures that embody or control such natural laws, such as Gods. Epic-level creatures are allowed a [[SRD:Will|Will]] save to retain their knowledge and memories of a target that is successfully removed from reality, and gain a +8 bonus on the save if the target was not slain by the spell. 

''XP Cost:'' 1,000.
</onlyinclude>

----
{{3.5e Sorcerer/Wizard Spells Breadcrumb}}<br/>
[[Category:3.5e]]
[[Category:User]]
[[Category:Spell]]
{{Navboxes}}
Article Balance	High +
Author	Sulacu +
Component	V +, S + and XP +
Descriptor	Law +
Identifier	3.5e Spell +
Level	Sorcerer/Wizard 9 +
Range	Other +
Rated By	Luigifan18 +
Rating	Rating Pending +
School	Universal +
Summary	Slays target creature or object and annihilates all karmic ties with it. +
Title	Karmic Annihilation +