Speeds the decay of rotten organic matters touched by the caster. The spell affects up to a pound of dead material. The rate of decay is 300 times faster with Critical Success and 100 times faster with Marginal Success. It will last until the process is complete or the spell removed.
Under reasonably typical circumstances, meatrots in 2-4 days. MS with Putrid Hand might reduce this period to 10-30 minutes.
CML50+: May affect up to 1 pound of living organic material such as flesh, to induce the form ofgangrene. It will not spread, affect bone or vital organs, or kill the victim. It is otherwise treated as an infection whose healing rate is [H4] with MS, or [H2] with CS.
CML70+: Touch no longer required. Range is CSI hexes.
Time: 25 - CSI seconds
Range: Touch/CSI hexes at ML70+
Duration: Indefinite