Familicide (3.5e Spell)
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| Necromancy | |
| Level: | Sorcerer/Wizard Epic |
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| Components: | V, S, F |
| Casting time: | 1 round |
| Range: | Activation: Touch, Effect: Unlimited |
| Targets: | All creatures with a traceable bloodline to the target |
| Duration: | (D) |
| Saving Throw: | None |
| Spell Resistance: | No |
Familicide is an Epic level necromancy spell. It kills every living blood relative of the victim (though not the victim itself, adding to the depravity of the spell since they are forced to live through their deaths), regardless of how distantly related they may be from the victims. There seem to be limits, such that the spell cannot cause an extinction, but they are not elaborated on beyond that.
The effects are as follows:
Step 1: Kill everyone with the original target's blood. This is a simple yes/no effect: Is a creature (the secondary target) related by blood to the original target at all, in any way? If yes, kill it. If no, move on. Number of generations or percentage of blood or direction doesn't matter.
Step 2: Kill everyone who shares blood with any of the people killed in Step 1. Think of it as killing everyone descended from (or siblings to) any and all still-living ancestors of each secondary target. So if Penelope had a grandfather on one side and a great-grandmother on the other side who were still alive, every person who could trace their blood back to either of those people would be dead, because Penelope's daughter carries both of their bloods. If a person can only trace their blood through (say) Penelope's already-dead great-great-great-grandfather, then they're safe. Thus cousins and second-cousins and the like are all dead, but more distant genetic relations are not.
Focus: The target's body acts as a focus.
Note this spell is that used by Vaarsuvius in The Order of the Stick. In exchange for its use, I would suggest ironic use of karma (i.e. a beloved/needed NPC is also related to the target), similar to that depicted in the later comics.
I do not claim any of the rights to the spell's creation and the information given has been extracted from the OotS wikia page of the same name (which in turn compiled the information from the original comics). I am merely presenting the information of the spell here and hence the spell may be removed at the discretion of any authoritative body who deems it to infringe upon any material.
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