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[Del Murder]

Did they just run out of ideas or are these actually useful?

[DJZen]

It's probably 'cause they got most of the spells from D&D which would have different effects in a game where things are determined by the DM's imagination. It's true though, BANE, QAKE, BRAK, ZAP!, XXXX etc. all have the same effect; instant death (if they hit).

[Marak]

The weird thing is that the higher level Instant Kill spells don't seem to have a greater chance of being, uh, sucessful. You'd think that XXXX would be more likely to snuff something than BANE would, but what can you do?

[TasteyPies]

I think the purpose is...(correct if wrong) each monster type that has a death spell has 1 assigned death spell. So one monster doesnt have the same spell as another.

[Dragonfire]

I usually always shy away from the instant death spells, with the exception of bane. you gotta love killing the last fiend with one hit, and from a mage no less. (with the exception of the bane sword of course). heh, the only challenge in the mirage tower/floating castle is warmech. but there's a only a 1/64 chance of getting him in battle on that corridor. though i always hated that the PCs rarely ever hit with a death spell, but the enemies hit almost every time (sorcerers and such).

[Chris]

Lots of 'em are totally useless...unless you have the patience for 'em to work...

[Sword Chucks]

Well some affect certain enemies more and some don't effect others... some hit all enemies, others hit just one.

[Erdrick Holmes]

What ever all of the death spells, anyway?