Shatter and Baleful Utterance notes

Shatter and Baleful Utterance Notes

Here are some of my notes for the Shatter spell as well as the Baleful Utterance invocation.

Spell Version	Brittle Nonmagical Objects	Sunder Single Solid Nonmagical Object	Damage Crystalline Creature
Area/Target:	Area: All within a 5-ft radius spread	Target: One solid object	Target: One crystalline creature
Saving Throw:	Will negates (object); unattended nonmagical objects fail all saves	Will negates (object); unattended nonmagical objects fail all saves	Fort half
Composition:	Crystal, glass, ceramic, or porcelain.	Any	Crystalline creature
Weight Limit:	1 lb/caster level	10 lbs/caster level	Any
Result	Shattered (destroyed)	Sundered (destroyed)	Sonic damage 1d6/level (max 10d6)

Examples for Shatter’s Sunder Version

Object	Weight	Minimum Caster Level to Sunder with Shatter
Silver Holy Symbol	1 lb	1st
Longsword	4 lbs	1st
Orc-double axe	15 lbs	2nd
Chain shirt	25 lbs	3rd
Chainmail	40 lbs	4th
Full Plate	50 lbs	5th
Simple Wooden Door (oak)	93 lbs to 140 lbs	10th to 14th
Stone Door (granite)	413 lbs to 430 lbs	42nd to 43rd
10-ft cube of stone (granite)	165,000 lbs to 172,000 lbs	16,500th to 17,200th

Shatter

Evocation [Sonic]

Level:    Brd 2, Chaos 2, Clr 2, Destruction 2, Sor/Wiz 2

Components:      V, S, M/DF

Casting Time:     1 standard action

Range:  Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)

Area or Target:  5-ft.-radius spread; or one solid object or one crystalline creature

Duration:             Instantaneous

Saving Throw:    Will negates (object); Will negates (object) or Fortitude half; see text

Spell Resistance:               Yes (object)

Shatter creates a loud, ringing noise that breaks brittle, nonmagical objects; sunders a single solid, nonmagical object; or damages a crystalline creature.

Used as an area attack, shatter destroys nonmagical objects of crystal, glass, ceramic, or porcelain. All such objects within a 5-foot radius of the point of origin are smashed into dozens of pieces by the spell. Objects weighing more than 1 pound per your level are not affected, but all other objects of the appropriate composition are shattered.

Alternatively, you can target shatter against a single solid object, regardless of composition, weighing up to 10 pounds per caster level. Targeted against a crystalline creature (of any weight), shatter deals 1d6 points of sonic damage per caster level (maximum 10d6), with a Fortitude save for half damage.

Arcane Material Component

A chip of mica.

Baleful Utterance

Least; 2nd

You speak a single syllable of the Dark Speech (described in Book of Vile Darkness), affecting an object or area as if by a shatter spell. If a creature is holding or wearing the target of the spell and the target is destroyed, the creature must make a Fortitude save or be dazed for 1 round and deafened for 1 minute by your terrible word. This is a sonic effect.