Level
2nd
Casting Time
1 Action
Range/Area
30 ft.
Components
V, S, M *
Duration
8 Hours
School
Abjuration
Attack/Save
None
Damage/Effect
Debuff
Your spell causes black tendrils of negative energy to grasp the targets, draining the very life from them. Choose up to three creatures within range. Those creatures make a Wisdom saving throw, on a failure each target's hit point maximum decreases by 5 for the duration, and they take 5 necrotic damage at the end of each of their turns for 5 rounds.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, a target's hit points decrease by an additional 5 for each slot level above 2nd.
* - ((a vial of embalming fluid) )