The Dialect of the Coursing Blood

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Dialect of the Coursing Blood
Utterances from the Dialect of the Coursing Blood always have living targets. If you target a mindless target, you can reroll your Truespeech check. You must decide whether or not to do this before learning whether or not you succeeded, and you must accept the result of the second roll (even if it's lower than the first).

The Standard Format

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Name – The name by which the lexicon is generally known.
There will then be a couple of sentences briefly describing the effects the lexicon can generate. This is not binding rules text.
Phonema: - The name of the usual Phonema of the lexicon.
Duration: - The duration of the Phonema's effects.
Target: - The type of target the Phonema can have.
Subject: - The type of subject the Phonema can have.
The first sentence of an utterance will describe its effects. Other sentences will be rules text describing its specific effects. All utterances use this format for their effects, so this paragraph will not be repeated.

Phonema: - The name of the reversed Phonema of the lexicon.
Duration:
Target:
Subject:
Description, followed by rules text.

Syllable: - The name of the usual syllable of the lexicon.
Duration:
Target:
Subject:
Description, followed by rules text.

Syllable: - The name of the reversed syllable of the lexicon.
Duration:
Target:
Subject:
Description, followed by rules text.

Word: - The name of the usual word of the lexicon.
Duration:
Target:
Subject:
Description, followed by rules text.

Word: - The name of the reversed word of the lexicon.
Duration:
Target:
Subject:
Description, followed by rules text.

Sentence: - The name of the usual sentence of the lexicon.
Duration:
Target:
Subject:
Description, followed by rules text.

Sentence: - The name of the reversed sentence of the lexicon.
Duration:
Target:
Subject:
Description, followed by rules text.

Lexicon of Health
With this lexicon, you organize flesh and mend bone, unmaking wounds and other ailments of the body. By reversing it, you cause a target's very being to rot and inflict terrible diseases. These utterances are considered Necromancy effects. Utterances of Health, but not of Decay, are considered (Healing) effects.

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Phonema of Health:

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Duration: Instantaneous
Target: 1 living creature or object.
Subject: None
You breathe the spark of life back into your target, undoing some minor harm. The target is healed of 1d4 points of damage, plus 1 point of damage per speaker level. If you use this utterance in response to the target taking damage, this healing happens after the damage is dealt, but before the target would die or be destroyed.

Phonema of Decay:

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Duration: 1 turn
Target: 1 living creature or object.
Subject: None
You spit out harsh, guttural noises that eat away at the living. The target takes 1 point of damage per speaker level. You also weaken the target's muscles, causing it to be fatigued until the end of the current turn. If you speak this utterance in response to the target taking an action, you finish speaking before that action is taken, and the target can change their actions accordingly.

Syllable of Health:

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Duration: Instantaneous
Target: 1 living creature or object
Subject: None
You speak a healing aura into being, bringing life to your target. The target heals 1d4 points of damage, plus 1d4 points of damage per 2 speaker levels. Furthermore, this regenerative energy renders wipes away minor ills and ailments. If the target has at least one of them, you can end one of the following conditions affecting the target: dazzled, deafened, fatigued, shaken, or sickened. You can't end a permanent condition, or one caused by an instantaneous effect or something that wasn't an effect at all (such as a creature born deaf). This doesn't provide any protection against that same condition being inflicted again.

Syllable of Decay:

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Duration: 1 round
Target: 1 living creature or object
Subject: None
You utter a sound like the grinding of bone, sapping the strength from the target's body. The target takes 1d3 points of damage, plus 1d3 points of damage per 2 speaker levels. Furthermore, this enervating power brings clumsiness and weakness to the target's limbs. The target is fatigued for the duration, and it speed decreases by 10 feet (to a minimum of 5 ft).

Word of Health:

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Duration: 3 rounds
Target: 1 living creature or object
Subject: None
Your word draws out the pain and injuries of your target, curing a variety of ailments and imbuing a sense of safety. The target is healed of 1d6 points of damage per speaker level, and gains fast healing equal to ½ your speaker level (to a minimum of 1) for the rest of the duration. If the target was dazzled, deafened, fatigued, shaken, or sickened, each of those conditions is ended on the target. In addition, you can choose one of the following: to make an exhausted target fatigued instead, a nauseated target sickened instead, reduce the target's level of fear by one step, or cure the target of a disease affecting it. You can't end a permanent condition or one that wasn't caused by an effect at all (such as a creature born deaf), and curing a disease doesn't undo any ability damage or other consequences it has already inflicted on the target.

Word of Decay:

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Duration: 3 rounds
Target: 1 living creature or object
Subject: None
Your word inflicts terrible suffering on your target, spreading a painful infection. The target takes 1d4 points of damage per speaker level, and 1 point of damage per 2 speaker levels each round for the rest of the duration. The target is also infected with your choice of filth fever, mindfire, or shakes, with the normal incubation period and saving throws to shake off the infection. Finally, the target is fatigued for the duration.

Sentence of Health:

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Duration: 3 rounds
Target: 1 living creature or object
Subject: None
You speak the target back to life, restoring even the deadliest of wounds and spurring on its own innate health. You heal the target of 1d6 points of damage per speaker level, plus damage equal to its Constitution modifier times its hit dice (if any). The target gains fast healing equal to your speaker level for the duration. If the target was  dazzled, deafened, exhausted, fatigued, nauseated, shaken, or sickened, you end these conditions. If the target was under the effect of a fear condition, you reduce that fear by 2 steps. Additionally, you can end the blinded condition, or restore 1 negative level (though not a level lost due to it), 1d4 points of ability damage, or 1 point of ability drain.

Sentence of Decay:

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Duration: 3 rounds
Target: 1 living creature or object
Subject: None
Your voice spills forth in a terrible series of sounds that turns your target's own flesh against it. The target takes 1d4 points of damage per speaker level, plus damage equal to ½ its Constitution modifier times its hit dice (if any). The target is fatigued for the duration, its fast healing and regeneration (if any) do not function, and healing simply shifts the burdens of failing flesh around its body rather than resolving them – any time the creature is healed of hit point damage, it takes 1 point of ability damage to an ability score of your choice, chosen at the time you use this utterance.

Lexicon of Growth
With this lexicon, you spur rapid growth of muscle and bone, growing your target. By reversing its utterance, you wither them away in a controlled compression that reduces your target painlessly.

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Phonema of Growth:

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Duration: 1 turn
Target: 1 living creature or object
Subject: None
You stretch the target's limbs, granting a moment of reach. The target's reach increases by 5 feet.

Phonema of Reduction:

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Duration: 1 turn
Target: 1 living creature or object
Subject: None
You compress the target's body, making it difficult to strike. The target's size modifiers (such as to AC, grapple checks, and so forth) change as if the target's size had been reduced by one size category.

Syllable of Growth:

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Duration: 1 round
Target: 1 living creature or object
Subject: None
You expand the target's arms, allowing them to threaten foes at a distance. The target's reach increases by 5 feet.

Syllable of Reduction:

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Duration: 1 round
Target: 1 living creature or object
Subject: None
You shrink the target to a more compact size. The target's size modifiers (such as to AC, grapple checks, and so forth) change as if the target's size had been reduced by one size category.

Word of Growth:

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Duration: 3 rounds
Target: 1 living creature or object
Subject: None
You cause the target to double in size. The target's weight is multiplied by 8, and its size increases to the next category. It gains a +2 size bonus to Strength, and a -2 size penalty to Dexterity. If the target is already Colossal+, most of its statistics do not change, but its height and weight still do.

Word of Reduction:

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Duration: 3 rounds
Target: 1 living creature or object
Subject: None
You reduce the target to a much smaller size. The target's height is halved, its weight divided by 8, and its size decreases to the next category. It gains a +2 size bonus to Dexterity, and a -2 size penalty to Strength. If the target is already Fine, most of its statistics do not change, but its height and weight still do. In any case, the target intuitively knows how best to take advantage of its new size to foil attackers, and does not provoke an attack of opportunity when it enters another creature's square, nor does a creature whose square it enters get to make an attack of opportunity against the target for leaving, as part of the same movement, a square that creature threatened.

Sentence of Growth:

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Duration: 3 rounds
Target: 1 living creature or object per 5 speaker levels, plus 1
Subject: None
You cause a number of nearby creatures to grow to tremendous size. Each target's size category increases by 1, plus 1 for every 10 speaker levels you possess. Its height doubles for each such increase, and its weight is multiplied by 8 for each. It gains a +2 size bonus to Strength, and a -2 size penalty to Dexterity. Most of a creature's statistics do not change if it advances beyond Colossal+ size, but its height and weight still do.

Sentence of Reduction:

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Duration: 3 rounds
Target: 1 living creature or object per 5 speaker levels, plus 1
Subject: None
You shrink many creatures down to a fraction of their normal size. Each target's size category decreases by 1, plus 1 for every 10 speaker levels you possess. Its height halves for each such decrease, and its weight is divided by 8 for each. It gains a +2 size bonus to Dexterity, and a -2 size penalty to Strength. Most of a creature's statistics do not change if it decreases below Fine size, but its height and weight still do. Regardless, the targets intuitively know how best to take advantage of their new sizes to foil attackers, and do not provoke attacks of opportunity when they enter another creature's square, nor does a creature whose square one enters get to make an attack of opportunity against that target for leaving, as part of the same movement, a square that creature threatened.