New Spell: Bigby’s Beckoning Finger

The library was quiet as the students shuffled as silently as they could in the almost absolute dark. Mage-lights long extinguished, they were nearly blind, heading down into the dustiest section glowing the glowing hand that beckoned them forward.

“What’s going on here?” The voice seemed to boom, to echo through the stacks, though it was barely above a whisper. The students all jumped and gasped, and Feris had a hard time not laughing at them.

“T-The hand…. We were following the hand.” One of them volunteered.

“It signaled to follow it…” another offered.

“And so you decided to follow an unknown magical effect, into the library after hours? Without alerting any of the masters, or even one of the seniors?”

Not one pair of eyes would look up to his, and the students all shuffled uncomfortably.

“Lucky for you, I was the one who summoned you. I was curious which of you would follow it.” He smiled as the hand faded out of existence, plunging the library into total darkness. Feris conjured a mage-light, and looked at the blinking students. “I’m going to teach you this spell tonight. It’s officially on the banned list, for reasons that will become clear. Your only responsibility to to not let the masters know about it, and to pass on what you’ve learned when you’re seniors.”

1st Level spell
Bigby’s Beckoning Finger
Range: Line of Sight
Duration: 30 seconds/level
Effect: Conjures a glowing hand

This spell creates a glowing force hand that will indicate to anyone viewing it to come in the direction of the caster, or another individual touched at the time of casting.

If cast *on* a humanoid, they will feel a pull toward the caster, but also be distracted unless they make a saving throw vs charms/spells. If they fail the save, their movement will be reduced by half, and they’ll suffer a -2 penalty on all rolls for the duration of the spell.