Forced Mercy
A gentling spell turns a target's blows nonlethal and stops their bleeding wounds from festering, forcing restraint onto even an unwilling combatant.
You soften the target's blows, ensuring they avoid vital areas and cause no lasting harm. All physical damage dealt by the target to living creatures becomes nonlethal and all persistent bleed damage dealt by the target is reduced to 0. This effect doesn't incur the typical –2 circumstance penalty for nonlethal attacks with a lethal weapon or attack. An unwilling target must attempt a Will save. A willing target can choose to critically fail their saving throw.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature is affected for 1 round.
Failure The creature is affected for 1d4 rounds.
Critical Failure The creature is affected for 1 minute.
Rank 1 · Traditions Divine, Occult
Cast 2 actions
Range 30 feet
Save Will
Duration varies
Heightened
- Heightened (4th) The range increases to 100 feet, and you can target up to 8 creatures.