Hello All,
Simple question actually about this spell:
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/e/excruciating-deformation
How does it work exactly?
Imagine a witch cast this spell on her victim.
1. She needs to make touch attack
2. If successfull - victim immediately makes Fort save. If he passes, then no effect at all? If he fails, he takes 2d6 nonlethal damage, 1 Dex damage, 1 Con damage and has his speed reduced. Correct?
3. On following round victim can make new Fort save in order to avoid spell effects for 1 round...
So, my question is about point 2, basically. Is there initial save to avoid spell effect completely, or this spell automatically "hits" and then only once per round victim can try to avoid spell effect for 1 round?
I'm confused.
I would say you need to save each round to avoid having the damage inflicted upon you that round. The way the spell is worded, it doesn't say that there's a negation upon a successful save, it just says make a fort save to resist for that round.
So if a 10th level witch casts this spell on you, you'd need to make a fort save every round, for 10 rounds, to avoid taking damage. Each round you fail the save, you take the damage and speed reduction.