Flood of Shadows

Initiate, Black Magic
Level/School: 6th/Abjuration
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Area: 20-ft.-radius spread
Duration: 10 minutes/level
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: See text

You inundate the area with strange energies from the Plane of Shadow, warping the effects of magic.

A flood of mystical shadow-power renders casting more difficult. To cast most spells while in an area affected by flood of shadow, the caster must succeed on a Spellcraft check (DC 15 + spell level), or the spell is lost with no effect. Mysteries can be cast within or into the affected area without making the Spellcraft check. In addition, if a mystery originates in an area affected by flood of shadow, its variable numerical effect is increased by 50% (as if it was empowered), although its level does not increase. This does not stack with empower mystery.