Bleeding Edge (3.5e Campaign Setting)/Magic/Ruinous Doom
Ruinous Doom[edit]
The ruinous doom ritual is a ritual which despoils the land and curses the area to wilt and suffer. It effectively duplicates the effects of diminish plants, except it extends out to 1 mile radius circle (1.5 mile semicircle and 2 mile quarter circle). If cast on blighted land, it makes the land barren and unable to hold plant life at all. Casting this spell has some obvious meteorological effects on the sky, and ground zero where the ritual was performed is stained black and foul.
Diminish plants and plant growth spells still function on afflicted land, increasing or reducing flora productivity as appropriate.
The ritual is associated with Zupru, and it is considered an evil act to perform this. Still, this is sometimes used by less ethical nations during times of war to starve out the people of its opposition. It is countered and negated by Fecund Blessing.
Effective Spell Level: 5th (Necromancy)
Casting Time: 8 hours
Pre-Requisites: At least 4 participants, 750 gp in poison (material components), sacrifice of 20 HD of animals, drinking of blood and poison (and surviving the poison) and spitting the mixture on the ground.
