Mold Touch (Alteration) 

Level: 3

Range: Touch

Duration: Special

Area of Effect: Creature Touched

Components: V,S,M

Casting Time: 3 segments

Saving Throw: Special

 This spell empowers the druid to transmute mistletoe, holly, or oak leaves (the material components) into brown mold spores without harm to himself. Any creature touched by the caster within six rounds of casting is infected by brown mold (an attack roll is required; if the druid cannot touch any creature, the mold spores vanish at the end of six rounds). The mold spores created by this spell cannot live on plant or inorganic material. All the spores created by the spell are transferred to any creature touched by the druid. Thus, the druid can infect only one creature per spell (in the event of an accident, it could be a friend or ally).

A mold touches spell does 4-24 hp. damage to the target creature (half that is a saving throw vs. spells is made). Brown mold spreads upon the victim; in the second round after the attack, the mold does 2-12 hp. damage (save for half damage). On every round thereafter, the victim receives a saving throw vs. spells. If the save is successful, no damage is taken and the spell ends. If the save fails, the victim takes 1-6 hp. damage in that round.

Brown mold created by this spell is of limited duration, and a victim cannot infect other creatures, even is intending to do so. Magical cold harms mold created by this spell in the usual manner (but also affects the creatures the mold is growing on).