Shadow Bolt (Illusion/Phantasm)
Level: Bard 3, Mage 3, Sorcerer 3
Range: Visual range of the caster
Duration: Instantaneous
Casting Time: 1 round
Area of Effect: 1 creature
Saving Throw: 1/2

By means of this spell, the caster brings into being a semi-real phantasm of an onrushing missile. The large, gray, teardrop shaped illusory projectile can be made to glow with a faerie fire radiance of any hue the caster desires; it appears behind the caster and rushes at any one creature the caster chooses. The caster must he able to see the target as the spell is cast.

A Shadow Bolt will swerve to follow the target creature, even if the creature escapes the caster's view. The bolt can he stopped only by a magical barrier (such as a Minor Globe of Invulnerability), though it can be dodged by shifting to another plane of existence.

The bolt inflicts ld8 damage + 1 hp/level of the caster. If disbelieved (contingent on a successful save vs. spell) the bolt inflicts half damage.