Energy drain spell

Spell 'energy drain'.

• Group: 'maladictions'.
• Execution delay: 3 seconds.
• Costs: mana 40.
• Spell type: offensive magic or prayer.
• Target: a character nearby.
• Available to classes: anti-paladin 26, cleric 42, necromancer 45, vampire 35, warlock 31, witch 38
• Only for alignment: neutral, evil.

Format: c 'energy drain' victim

This spell deals damage with dark energy. On a failed spell defense check it also drains two thirds of the victim's mana and movement points, and leaves them weakened, too spent to keep their footing.

What is taken does not vanish: the caster absorbs the stolen mana along with a share of the life torn loose, up to their own maximum. A victim of a tenth of the caster's level or less is simply torn apart.

The undead and soulless constructs have no energy to give, and the spell finds nothing in them at all.

Bosses and legends never die from this outright (see mob ranks).