By casting this spell, the priest gives himself and up to one additional creature per three levels of experience of the priest (round fractions up) the ability to strike in hand-to-hand combat with venomous claw attacks. Any hand like appendage can be used by the affected creature, which has only one poisonous claw attack per round. Damage inflicted by a successful attack with venomed claws is 1d4 points per two levels of experience of the priest (round fractions down), to a maximum of 6d4. In addition, the attack sequence does any damage it would normally cause. A successful saving throw vs. poison halves this damage, or negates it entirely if the basic nonpoisonous damage of the attack is 2d4 hit points or less.
The material component is a snake fang or the poison sac of a venomous spider.
Notes: Granted by Iuz the Evil of the Grey-hawk setting.