The air explodes with shadowy tendrils that slice like blades.

Targets of ephemeral storm must make a Fortitude save or die. Those who succeed take 5d6 points of damage.

Your foes suddenly find their bodies infused with shadowstuff, weakening them greatly.

This mystery functions like the mystery flesh fails, except that you can affect multiple subjects, and you deal either 6 points of Strength damage, 6 points of Dexterity damage, or 4 points of Constitution damage. You must deal the same kind of ability damage to all subjects.

Draining shadows erupt around your foes, funneling their essence and energy into the Plane of Shadow.

Your touch deals 1d6 points of nonlethal damage per caster level (maximum 20d6) and causes the subject to become exhausted for 1 round per caster level. A Fortitude save reduces the damage by half and decreases the exhaustion to fatigue. This mystery does not stack with itself, so a creature fatigued by saving against one casting does not become exhausted by saving against a second casting.