Level: 4
Components: V,S,M
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 4 segments
Duration: 66 turns/level
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: One Creature

To enact this
spell, the cleric must touch a target
creature with his or her holy symbol
(the material component of the spell,
which is not consumed in the casting).

If a successful hit roll indicates that the
cleric has done so, the cleric then by
word and gesture “casts out” the target
of the spell. That target creature is
allowed a save vs. spell, and if this fails,
the creature is marked by the spell. The
mark is visible only to the casting cleric
and others of the same faith. Other clerics
of the same alignment who worship
other deities instinctively react with
fear, hatred, and aversion to a censured
creature, and do not trust nor willingly
aid it.

Those faithful to the same deity able
to see the mark will refuse to aid or
even approach the creature, and will
ignore it if it attempts to deal with
them, or drive it away if it tries to enter
a building, home, or even a territory
controlled by one who can see the
mark. The mark is invisible to the one
bearing it, who may not even know of
its existence if it was bestowed in a battle
or while the victim was asleep or
unconscious, and shines clearly
through clothing or disguises.
Worshippers can thus readily spy
upon and follow those marked as enemies,
even in crowds or busy city
streets. It will be revealed to others by a
detect magic, and can readily be
removed by a dispel magic. Clerics are
warned that misuse of such a spell will
bring about divine disfavor.
 
 

The Book of Bats

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