Harnessing the Shadow Weave, this spell creates a 5ft long beam of black energy surrounded by a purple nimbus that flickers and writhes. The whip only affects animate creatures and undead; it cannot move, loop, tie, bind, constrict, or entangle anything. It is connected to the caster's hand and cannot harm the caster.
When the whip strikes a creature, it does damage equal to a mundane whip (1d4 slashing). In addition, if the target fails a CON saving throw, they are wracked with excruciating pain and Paralyzed for 1 minute, unable to attack, and subject to dropping objects they are holding. The creature may make a CON saving throw at the beginning of each of its turns. On a successful CON save, the affected creature is no longer Paralyzed.
Each successive hit with the whip on the same target becomes increasingly easier to resist as they slowly become numb to the pain (+1 to the CON save for each recurrent hit). If the target is undead, it experiences the turn effect.
At higher levels: +1d4 per level above second
* - (Three sharp pieces of black obsidian or glass, and a long black hair obtained from an evil creature)
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