Bigby’s Bookworm Bane (Evocation)
Level: 1
Range: 20yds
Duration: 1 turn/level
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 segment
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect Special

Explanation/description: This spell is used to seek out
and destroy one of the most feared enemies of the mage:
the bookworm.

When cast, the spell creates a disembodied
hand that will search through a library and crush all bookworms
it finds. The hand can search through 100 books or
scrolls per round, seeking out bookworms with a 95%
chance of detection. Once a worm is found, the hand will
pursue the bookworm relentlessly, attacking with the skill
of a fighter equal in level to the caster. A successful hit by
the hand means the bookworm is instantly crushed to
death. The hand possesses a strength of 8, so it can move
aside books and scrolls in pursuit of a fleeing bookworm.
The hand cannot be harmed by physical attacks, but it can
be destroyed by four or more points of magical damage. The
hand is incapable of performing any other function or combatting
any other foe. Bigby uses the spell periodically to
safeguard his valuable library.

MC: A child-sized glove made of tough leather.