Rending (Alteration)

Priest spell 4th-Level
Sphere: Animal, Combat
Range: 30 yards
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Casting Time: 4
Area of Effect: 1 item (see below)
Saving Throw: Special

This spell rends or destroys personal property, including livestock, pets, mounts, clothing, weapons, armor, jewelry, doors, chests, tapestries, and slaves. In short, anything that has been purchased or manufactured can be affected by this spell; it has no effect if cast on a free citizen or wild creature. Thus, a mount can be slain out from under its rider, but the same creature encountered running free in the wilderness is immune to the spell's effects. The caster can affect a single creature or item (one cubic foot per level of the caster) with this spell.
If the target is an object, it is completely shredded as if rended by invisible claws; magical items are allowed a saving throw vs. disintegration with a +4 bonus to resist the spell's effects. If the target is a purchased creature or slave, the being suffers 3d8 points of damage; creatures of greater than animal Intelligence or more than 4 Hit Dice receive a saving throw vs. death magic to negate the spell.
The casting of this spell also has a small chance (2%) to draw the direct and positive attention of Vaprak.
This spell is granted by Vaprak to his clergy.