View source for SRD:Lord of Nightmares

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{{3.5e Epic Spell
| name=Lord of Nightmares
| school=Conjuration
| subschool=Summoning
| sdc=50  
| comp=V, S, X P  
| time=1 [[SRD:Standard Actions|standard action]]  
| range=75 ft.  
| tsea=e
| subj=One summoned creature  
| dur=20 rounds  
| save=None  
| sr=No  
| todev=450,000 gp; 9 days; 18,000 XP. Seed: ''[[SRD:Summon (Epic Spell Seed)|summon]]'' ([[SRD:DC|DC]] 14). Factors: summon [[SRD:CR|CR]] 31 creature (+58 [[SRD:DC|DC]]), allow creature to possess body and act at its own discretion (ad hoc –20 [[SRD:DC|DC]]), 1-action casting time (+20 [[SRD:DC|DC]]). Mitigating factors: 12d6 backlash (–12 [[SRD:DC|DC]]), burn 1,000 XP (–10 [[SRD:DC|DC]]).  
}}

The character is possessed by a [[SRD:Dream Larva|dream larva]]. For 20 rounds, the [[SRD:Dream Larva |dream larva]]’s body physically replaces the character’s, though the [[SRD:Dream Larva|dream larva]] has the character’s equipment. The [[SRD:Dream Larva|dream larva]] is free to call on all its own [[SRD:Powers|powers]] and abilities, or use the character’s equipment. The character’s consciousness and physical form are suppressed for the duration of the possession. The character has no way to dismiss the spell, communicate, or otherwise maintain awareness once possession has commenced. The [[SRD:Dream Larva|dream larva]], temporarily freed from its [[SRD:Imprisonment|imprisonment]] in some distant nightmare, will attempt to slay and incapacitate any creature it can see or find, whether it is a friend or foe of the caster. Casting ''lord of nightmares'' entails some risk for the caster, since it’s unknown what a [[SRD:Dream Larva|dream larva]] might do over the course of 20 rounds. The larva will dispatch all enemies it can find before turning to its own concerns. Sometimes a [[SRD:Dream Larva|dream larva]] will attempt to place itself in a dangerous or precarious situation prior to the end of the spell, leaving the caster to extricate him or herself. If the [[SRD:Dream Larva|dream larva]] is slain during the duration of the spell, the character’s consciousness is instantly restored to awareness within his or her own body. The character’s condition remains what it was when he or she completed casting ''lord of nightmare''s, regardless of what damage the [[SRD:Dream Larva|dream larva]] received. However, magic item charges used, potions consumed, and other physical resources used up by the dream larva are permanent.  

''[[SRD:Spell Descriptions#XP Cost (XP)|XP Cost]]:'' 1,000 XP.  

{{SRD Epic Spell Footer}}
School	Conjuration +
Spellcraft DC	50 +
Subschool	Summoning +
Title	Lord of Nightmares +