6th level Transmutation
Classes: Bard, Oracle, Sorcerer, Witch, Wizard
Components: V, S
Casting Time: Standard
Range: 240 ft
Target: Up to 5 small objects
Duration: 1 minute
Spell Resistance: No
Description: You imbue inanimate objects with mobility and a semblance of life. Each such animated object then immediately attacks whomever or whatever you initially designate. An animated object can be of any nonmagical material. You may animate one Small or smaller object or an equivalent number of larger objects per caster level. A Medium object counts as two Small or smaller objects, a Large object as four, a Huge object as eight, a Gargantuan object as sixteen, and a Colossal object as thirty-two. You can change the designated target or targets as a move action, as if directing an active spell. This spell cannot animate objects carried or worn by a creature. See Animate Object creature template.
Leveling: At level 7, when cast with a material component (15,000 gp. worth of diamond dust), this spell has a duration of Permanent.