Description
- School: abjuration (mind-affecting)
- Classes: medium 3, mesmerist 3, occultist 2, psychic 3
- Casting Time: 1 standard action
- Range: Touch
- Target: one touched object weighing no more than 10 lbs.
- Duration: permanent until discharged
- Save: Will partial; see text
- Components: V
- Dismissible: No
- Shapeable: No
- Spell Resistance: No
You imbue an object with psychic energy. The Node of Blasting unleashes a mental blast when a creature with a mind touches the object, dealing 6d6 points of damage to the creature touching the object and causing the creature to be staggered for 1 minute. A successful saving throw halves the damage and negates the staggered condition. Magic traps such as Node of Blasting are hard to detect and disable. A character with the trapfinding class feature can use Disable Device to thwart Node of Blasting. The DCs to find a Node of Blasting using Perception and to disable it using Disable Device are both equal to 25 + the spell's level. Additionally, a creature with the read aura occult skill unlock (see page 197) can attempt the same Perception check to notice a Node of Blasting.