Description
- School: enchantment / compulsion (mind-affecting)
- Classes: paladin 4
- Casting Time: 1 immediate action
- Range: Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
- Target: one creature
- Duration: 1 round/level and special; see text
- Save: Will partial
- Components: V, S, DF
- Dismissible: No
- Shapeable: No
- Spell Resistance: Yes
You cause a creature's arm to waver and prevent it from striking another creature. You can cast this spell when the target is about to make a melee attack against another creature. On a failed saving throw, the target does not follow through with its attack, and its entire action is wasted for the round. On a successful saving throw, the target can make its attack, forcing its strike though the compulsion but losing both accuracy and power, taking a -5 penalty on its attack and damage rolls. Whether or not the target makes its initial save or not, it is subject to a -2 penalty on attack and damage rolls against the creature it originally targeted for the duration of the spell.