Beast of Ill Omen

[Syrius Black]

I'm confused as to what effect this hex has on the target. From the description in UM, I assumed (and I know where that usually gets me) it meant it affected the target as the bane spell.

Ultimate Magic, p. 81 wrote:

Beast of Ill-Omen (Su): The witch imbues her familiar with strange magic, putting a minor curse upon the next enemy to see it. The enemy must make a Will save or be affected by bane(caster level equal to the witch’s level).

No where in the description does it specifically use the word spell, though it does make reference to caster level. So when I looked it up at d20pfsrd.com, the word bane is linked to the magic weapon property of the same name.

So, which is it?

[Abraham spalding]

Bane the spell. The link isn't correct, happens some times when multiple things have the same name.

[Mnemaxa]

The Bane spell is a first level clerical spell found on page 246 of the Core rulebook. Will negates, SR=yes, -1 penalty on attack rolls and saves vs fear for 1 minute per level.

Unless you plan on hitting your opponent with your familiar, one would pretty much presume it is this effect.