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Use Magic Device

When a spellcaster rolls a natural 1 while attempting to use a magic device with the Use Magic Device skill, she can choose to risk gaining a minor spellblight instead of not being able to activate the item for 24 hours (Will negates DC 10 + item’s caster level).

Removing Spellblights While the most severe symptoms of a spellblight may manifest only episodically, the condition is often tenacious and difficult to remove. Each spellblight lists conditions for its removal, and can also be removed as if it were a curse (with remove curse, break enchantment, and so on). The caster level check DC to remove a minor spellblights is 20; the DC to remove a major spellblight is 30. The DC to remove the spellblight is reduced by 1 with each day that passes (minimum DC 10). Using anything other than a curse-removing spell to remove a spellblight imposes a –5 penalty on the caster level check. Any spellblight can be removed automatically, without a caster level check, with mage’s disjunction, miracle, or wish.

® ™ The following tables list minor and major spellblights. When called to randomly determine a spellblight, roll on the appropriate table. Table 2–1: Random Minor Spellblights d10 Result Caster Blank Caster Croak Confounded Casting Disassociation Ebon Eyes Eldritch Ague Hemoculysis Lassitude Ritualistic Obsession Spell Addiction Table 2–2: Random Major Spellblights d10 Result Eldritch Cataracts Nameless Dread Negated Obsessive Fixation Phase Blight Spell Burn Spell Sap Transference Block Vertigo Roll twice on the minor spellblight chart. The spellcaster is afflicted with both spellblights.