Necromancy [Death, Evil]
Level: Abyss 8, Cleric 8
Components: V, S, F
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: 30 ft.
Target: One living creature
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fortitude negates
Spell Resistance: Yes
You invoke the powers of deep darkness and your eyes vanish, looking like holes in the universe itself.
Upon completion of the spell, you target a creature within range that can see you. That creature dies instantly unless it succeeds on a Fortitude save. The target need not meet your gaze.
If you slay a humanoid creature with this attack, 24 hours later it transforms into a bodak unless it has been resurrected in the meantime. The bodak is not under your command, but can be controlled as normal with a rebuke undead check.
Focus: A black onyx gem worth at least 500 gp.
Source: Spell Compendium, page 34. Previously published in the Planar Handbook, page 96.