Ghoul Touch

School: necromancy
Circle: arcane 2nd, occult 2nd
Spell Components: V, S
Action Time: 1 action
Range: touch
Shape: touch
Targeting: hostiles only
Base Duration: instant
Saving Throw: fortitude
Spell Resistance: yes
Ritual Components: any ghoulish hide

Lays a bedeviled touch on target, paralyzing them for 1d3+1 rounds. A target paralyzed by ghoul touch radiates a noxious aura in a small radius around them, causing all nearby other than the caster to make additional Fortitude saves else become sickened for 1d3+1 rounds. If caster has greater spell focus: necromancy, statuses instead linger for 2d3+1 rounds.