Deplorable Word (3.5e Epic Spell)
3e Summary::Upon speaking the Deplorable word with the proper ceremonies, the entire world is swathed in a purely destructive impulse destroying all creatures. This impulse does 20,000d6 damage (70,000 average), or half with a successful fortitude save to all creatures exept you. Any targets reduced to -10 hit points or less (including any constructs or undead reduced to 0 hit points), are utterly destroyed as if disintegrated, leaving behind only a trace of fine dust.
| Transmutation [Evil] | |
| Spellcraft DC: | 113 |
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| Components: | V, S, XP |
| Casting time: | 10 minutes |
| Range: | Entire campaign world |
| Effect: | All creatures throughout the campaign world |
| Duration: | Instantaneous |
| Saving Throw: | Fortitude Half (DC: 40 + Ability Modifier) |
| Spell Resistance: | Yes (CL+52) |
| To Develop: | 1,017,000 gp; 221 days; 40,680 XP; seed: Destroy (29), add dice x19,980 (39,960), increase SR roll: +52 (104), increase save DC: +20 (40), change target to area: 20 ft radius (10), increase area: 1,029,920 ft [radius of Earth] (51,496), increase range: 1,032,000 [to center of Earth] (86), exclude caster (20 ad hoc), burn XP: 20,000 (-200), lose casting ability: 25 years and 1 day (-10 x 3,660 = -91,250), 10 points of damage to all but primary casting attribute (-2 x 5 x 5 attributes = -50), 10 points of damage to primary casting attribute (-4 x 5 = -20), requires Knowledge (Arcana): 24 ranks (-24), increase casting time: +9 minutes (-18), must re-learn after each casting (-20 ad hoc), additional days to research x200 (-40). |
Casting this spell drains 20,000 XP and causes 10 points of ability damage to every ability
Speaking the Deplorable Word also causes you to lose all spellcasting ability for 25 years and a day. Furthermore the knowledge of the proper ceremonies and what the Deplorable Word is are gone from your mind and you must develop this spell from scratch in order to cast it again.
XP Cost: 20,000 XP
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