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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vrecknidj" data-source="post: 1651698" data-attributes="member: 7301">Okay, I'm not sure I follow this.  I'm going to try a re-write (no offense intended).  Let me know if I've got the meaning of your spell.Freeze SoulConjuration (Teleportation)Level: Sor/Wiz 8Components: V, S, MCasting time: Standard actionRange: Close (25ft. + 5ft. / 2 levels)Effect: One creatureDuration: 1 rd/levelSaving Throw: Will negatesSpell resistance: YesDuring the casting of this spell, you throw a shroud of obsidian dust over your target (which does not require a ranged touch attack, this is simply part of the material and somatic components of the spell).  The spell causes the target's body to disappear (though it is not disintegrated, has not been teleported, and isn't invisible as per that spell), and forces the target's soul into a Shadow fold where his body's position on the material plane had connected to the plane of Shadow's coterminous point.  Losing contact with a body causes the target pain, resulting in 1d4 hit points lost per round until the target dies or is saved.Short of a plane shift spell (or wish or miracle), the target cannot be rescued from his plight; although it's possible a wandering denizen of the plane of Shadow might take notice (but this isn't necessarily a good thing).  The plane shift spell has a range of touch, so saving someone with this spell will require that the caster of the plane shift spell has the ability to travel to the place where the target is, and then use the spell.Material Component: Obsidian dust worth at least 300gpDuring the time this spell is in effect, what happens to the target's body?  Is it just gone?  If someone rescues the person's soul from the Shadow plane, is that soul now without a body?Or, perhaps, did I just not get the meaning of your spell?DavePS This sounds like a pretty cool spell concept, so I'm eager to see it worked out so I can then pilfer it from ya.</blockquote>

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