Description
- School: enchantment / compulsion (mind-affecting)
- Classes: bard 1, mesmerist 1, psychic 1, skald 1, witch 1
- Casting Time: 1 standard action
- Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
- Target: one creature
- Duration: 1d4 rounds
- Save: Will negates
- Components: V, S
- Dismissible: No
- Shapeable: No
- Spell Resistance: Yes
This enchantment causes a creature to be unable to speak intelligibly. Any effort the target makes to talk, in any language, comes out as a useless mix of unconnected words and noises. Even magic words are affected to some extent; the target has a 20% spell failure chance for any spell it attempts to cast with verbal components, and a 20% chance to incorrectly use a command word to activate a magic item.
This spell has no effect on telepathic communication, or the vocalizations of creatures that lack a spoken language.