- Name
- Soul Bind
- Blurb
- Traps newly dead soul to prevent resurrection.
- School
- Necromancy
- Subschool
- Descriptors
- Level
- Clr 9, Sor/Wiz 9
- Components
- V, S, F
- Casting Time
- 1 action
- Range
- Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
- Target
- Corpse
- Effect
- Area
- Duration
- Permanent
- Saving Throw
- Will negates
- Spell Resistance
- No
- XPCost
- Focus
- A gem of at least 1,000 gp value for every Hit Die possessed by the creature whose soul is to be bound. If the gem is not valuable enough, it shatters when the binding is attempted.
- Material Components
- Description
The character draws the soul from a newly dead body and
imprison it in a gem. The subject must have been dead no more
than 1 round per caster level. The soul, once trapped in the gem,
cannot be returned through clone, raise dead, reincarnation,
resurrection, true resurrection, or even a miracle or a wish.
Only by destroying the gem or dispelling the spell on the gem can
one free the soul (which is then still dead).