Death mark stones

Therick led three other men into the wastes to track down the escaped slave for his patrician employers. He kept his occupation low key - if he were discovered to be a slave catcher in Balic, a free city, he would be - well, it wasn't a pleasant thought.

He had tracked his prey to the wastes south of Balic. It had been a difficult hunt, but he was sure he was closing in her now. He and his crew of three crept through the cave-dotted canyon when the distinct sounds of stone whistling through the air caught his ear. He felt a thump on his back before he could react, the sharp sting of a stone followed by a strong wave of nausea.

He fought the sickness off, then turned to his team. They were grey-skinned and unsteady, seemingly ready to fall at any moment. And the slave tribe, his target among them, stepped out to ambush him, he knew he was going to earn his pay today.

Death mark stones are sling stones which are gray in color with white veins running throughout them. When a stone hits its target, they must make a DC 17 Will save or suffer the effects of a Death Mark spell and be sickened for 5 minutes and lose the Dex bonus to their Armor Class. Death mark stones have an effective caster level of 5.