Soul Rend
- Level
- 5
- School
- Necromancy
- Keywords
- –
- Range
- 20 meters
- Duration
- Variable (see below)
You reach into a living creature's essence and violently tear away a fragment of its soul. The target must make a Fortitude defend roll contested by your Magic skill.
- On a failure, the target takes Necrotic damage equal to the margin of failure plus 2d4.
- For a number of turns equal to your Magic skill, the target's maximum Physical Stress Pool is reduced by the stress points dealt. If this reduction would bring the maximum below the target's current stress points, it must immediately take a Consequence.
- A creature killed by Soul Rend cannot be resurrected by Resurrection or any spell of equal or lower level. Only divine intervention or equivalent power may restore such a creature.