Touch the Black

You open a conduit to the Black, gating forth an inky–black cube of numbing cold nothingness, sapping the life–force of anything it touches.

This spell calls into being a 40–foot cube of inky–black nothingness that chills everything inside it and deals 1d6 points of cold damage per caster level (maximum 15d6). Those who are successful take only half damage from the numbing cold.

All within the cube take a –2 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks for the next 1d4+1 rounds whether they succeed or not.