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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook
  • School enchantment (compulsion) []
  • Spell Lists
    • sorcerer/wizard 9
  • Casting Time 1 standard action
  • Components V
  • Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
  • Target(s) one living creature with 100 hp or less
  • Duration instantaneous
  • Saving Throw none
  • Spell Resistance true

You utter a single word of power that instantly kills one creature of your choice, whether the creature can hear the word or not. Any creature that currently has 101 or more hit points is unaffected by power word kill.

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