```statblock
name: "Suffocate `pf2:2`"
level: "Spell 6"
rare_03: [[Uncommon]]
trait_01: [[concentrate]]
trait_02: [[incapacitation]]
trait_03: [[manipulate]]
trait_04: [[nonlethal]]
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
columns: 1
columnWidth: x
abilities_top:
- name: ""
- name: "Range"
desc: "30 feet; **Targets** 1 living creature that needs to breathe"
- name: "Defense"
desc: " fortitude"
- name: "Duration"
desc: "1 minute"
abilities_mid:
- name: ""
desc: "You forcefully and cruelly draw the living breath from a creature's lungs, dealing 4d8 bludgeoning damage. The creature must attempt a Fortitude save.\n* * *\n\n**Critical Success** The creature is unaffected.\n\n**Success** The creature takes half damage.\n\n**Failure** The creature takes full damage. For the duration, the creature must hold its breath or suffocate.\n\n**Critical Failure** The creature takes double damage, and all the air is pulled from the creature's lungs. The creature falls [[Conditions/Unconscious|Unconscious]] and starts suffocating for the duration.\n* * *\n\n**Heightened (9th)** You can target up to 5 creatures."
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder #186: Ghost King's Rage_"
```