Level: Sorcerer 2, Wizard 2
Components: V, S, M, F
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: 1 round/level
You smear yourself with white paste, drawing a skull on your bare flesh. Immediately, a wreath of black flames crackles to life around you.
The black flames created by this spell injure creatures that contact them. Any creature striking you with its body or handheld weapons takes 1d4 points of damage +1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10). If the creature has spell resistance, it applies to the damage. Weapons with reach, such as longspears, do not endanger their users in this way.
Material Component: Paste made from ground bones.
Focus: An onyx worth 50 gp.
Source: Spell Compendium, page 60.