School abjuration [mind-affecting]; Level medium 3, mesmerist 3, occultist 2, psychic 3

CASTING

Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V

EFFECT

Range touch
Target one touched object weighing no more than 10 lbs.
Duration permanent until discharged (D)
Saving Throw Will partial; see text; Spell Resistance no

DESCRIPTION

You imbue an object with psychic energy. The node of blasting unleashes a mental blast when a creature with a mind touches the object, dealing 6d6 points of damage to the creature touching the object and causing the creature to be staggered for 1 minute. A successful saving throw halves the damage and negates the staggered condition.

Magic traps such as node of blasting are hard to detect and disable. A character with the trapfinding class feature can use Disable Device to thwart node of blasting. The DCs to find a node of blasting using Perception and to disable it using Disable Device are both equal to 25 + the spell's level. Additionally, a creature with the read aura occult skill unlock can attempt the same Perception check to notice a node of blasting.