Any nonlawful creature within the area of a ''dictum ''spell suffers the following ill effects.

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! align="left" | '''[[SRD:Hit Dice|HD]]''' !! align="left" | '''Effect'''

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| align="left" | Equal to [[SRD:Caster Level|caster level]] || align="left" | [[SRD:Deafened|Deafened]]

| align="left" | Up to [[SRD:Caster Level|caster level]] –1 || align="left" | ''Slowed'', [[SRD:Deafened|deafened]]

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| align="left" | Up to [[SRD:Caster Level|caster level]] –5 || align="left" | [[SRD:Paralyzed|Paralyzed]], ''slowed'', [[SRD:Deafened|deafened]]

| align="left" | Up to [[SRD:Caster Level|caster level]] –10 || align="left" | Killed, [[SRD:Paralyzed|paralyzed]], ''slowed'', [[SRD:Deafened|deafened]]

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