occultist
5
cleric
7
sorcerer/wizard
7
School
necromancy
Descriptors
None
Casting Time
10 minutes
V
S
M (mercury and phosphorus, plus powdered diamond and opal worth a total of 5,000 gp)
Range
0 ft.; see text
Duration
None
Saving Throw
Fortitude negates
Spell Resistance
None

This spell functions like symbol of death, except that every creature within 60 feet of a symbol of weakness instead suffers crippling weakness that deals 3d6 points of Strength damage.

Unlike symbol of death, symbol of weakness has no hit point limit; once triggered, a symbol of weakness simply remains active for 10 minutes per caster level. A creature can only be affected by this symbol once.

Note: Magic traps such as symbol of weakness are hard to detect and disable. While any character can use Perception to find a symbol, only a character with the trapfinding class feature can use Disable Device to disarm it. The DC in each case is 25 + spell level, or 32 for symbol of weakness.