Death Knell

School: Necromancy

Casting Time: 1 Half Action

Range: Touch

Target: Living creature

Duration: Instantaneous / 10 min. per HD of target creature

Saving Throw: Will negates

Spell Resistance: Yes

You draw forth the ebbing life force of a creature and use it to fuel your own power. Upon casting this spell, you touch a living creature that has -1 or fewer hit points. If the subject fails its saving throw, it dies, and you gain 8 Barrier points and the Focus Condition. Additionally, your effective caster level goes up by +1, improving spell effects dependent on caster level. This increase in effective caster level does not grant you access to more spells. These effects last for 10 minutes per HD of the subject creature.