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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Occult Adventures
  • School enchantment (compulsion); Level 4
  • Casting Time 40 minutes
  • Components V, M (a piece of rowan wood charcoal), F (a small silver mirror worth 50 gp)
  • Skill Checks Knowledge (dungeoneering) DC 30, 3 successes; Spellcraft DC 30, 1 success
  • Range touch
  • Target(s) one dungeon door
  • Duration 8 hours
  • Saving Throw Will negates (harmless, object); SR yes (harmless, object)
  • Backlash The caster takes 4d6 points of damage.
  • Failure The target door swings open and cannot be closed by the caster by any means short of a limited wish for 24 hours.

The caster begins by placing a mirror on one side of the door and writing occult symbols on the other side of the door that conform to one type or subtype of creature on the ranger’s favored enemy list. Upon completion of the ritual, creatures of the chosen type or subtype cannot open, touch, or even magically manipulate the door by any means (with no save or spell resistance applicable). A dungeon door can have only one avoidance ward at a time.

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  • Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Occult Adventures

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  • Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, Copyright 2009, Paizo Inc.; Author: Jason Bulmahn, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams.
  • Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Occult Adventures, Copyright 2015, Paizo Inc.; Authors: John Bennett, Logan Bonner, Robert Brookes, Jason Bulmahn, Ross Byers, John Compton, Adam Daigle, Jim Groves, Thurston Hillman, Eric Hindley, Brandon Hodge, Ben McFarland, Erik Mona, Jason Nelson, Tom Phillips, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Thomas M. Reid, Alex Riggs, Robert Schwalb, Mark Seifter, Russ Taylor, and Steve Townshend.
  • Demon, Shadow from the Tome of Horrors Complete, Copyright 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by Neville White.
  • Open Game License v 1.0a Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
  • Poltergeist from the Tome of Horrors Complete, Copyright 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by Lewis Pulsipher.
  • System Reference Document Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, based on material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.
  • Pathminder, Copyright 2016, Drumanagh Wilpole.