Touch of death
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The touch of death is a monster spell cast by powerful spell-casting monsters (of level 21 or higher) in the game, such as arch-liches and the Wizard of Yendor. It has no effect if you are magic resistant or hallucinating, or polymorphed into an undead monster or a demon; it can otherwise fail on a (13 in monster's level) chance. If the spell succeeds, as the name suggests, you die instantly.
The Rider Death has a "deadly touch" attack, which is unrelated other than the chance of instadeath, and an identical message if it fails.
Messages
- Oh no, (s)he's using the touch of death!
- The monster casts the spell.
- You seem no deader than before.
- The spell failed because you're undead or a demon.
- You have an out of body experience.
- The spell was countered by hallucination.
- Lucky for you, it didn't work!
- The spell was countered by magic resistance or failed by random chance.
If the spell succeeds, there's no special message; you see the standard life saving messages if you wore an amulet of life saving, or "Do you want your possessions identified?" otherwise.
See also
- mcastu.c#line332 The touch of death spell.
