Domain:
Level: Psychic: 4; Sorcerer: 5; Wizard: 5; Arcanist: 5; Spiritualist: 3
Components: V, S, M (crushed amber)
Casting time: 1 standard action
Range: medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Duration: 1 minute/level
Saving Throws: none
Spell Resistance: no
Target: 20-ft.-radius spread
Description: Creates a planar conjunction that slows movement, penalizes AC and Reflex saves, and imposes a miss chance on ranged attacks.
You condense the substance of the Ethereal Plane as it interpenetrates the Material Plane. This thickened planar conjunction slows movement through the area to a crawl. Creatures moving through condensed ether (even incorporeal creatures), move at only half their normal speed and can't take 5-foot steps. This slowing of movement doesn't stack with solid fog or similar effects. Creatures within condensed ether take a –2 penalty to Armor Class and on Reflex saves, and condensed ether prevents effective ranged weapon attacks. Even magic rays and similar ranged attacks suffer a 20% miss chance on attacks into or passing through condensed ether. This miss chance is not based on concealment, and Blind-Fight, true seeing, and similar effects do not reduce it.