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'''Black Mark''' is a [[demonspawn mutation]] and monster spell which inflicts one of three random status effects.  
 
'''Black Mark''' is a [[demonspawn mutation]] and monster spell which inflicts one of three random status effects.  
  
 
==Player Mutation==
 
==Player Mutation==
[[Black Mark (mutation)|Black Mark]] is a demonspawn mutation with 3 levels.
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[[Black Mark (mutation)|Black Mark]] is a demonspawn mutation with 3 levels. The second level of this mutation has the eponymous 'Black Mark' effect.
  
The second level of this mutation has the eponymous 'Black Mark' effect. When attacking a monster in melee, there's a 20% chance that you inflict one status effect of:  
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If you have level 2 of this mutation, when attacking a monster in melee, there's a 20% chance that you inflict one status effect of:  
 
*[[Antimagic]]
 
*[[Antimagic]]
 
*[[Weak]]
 
*[[Weak]]
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If a status would be useless, it is rerolled.
 
If a status would be useless, it is rerolled.
 
==Monster Spell==
 
{{flavour|Empowers the caster and any nearby allies to debilitate their foes on a successful melee attack, allowing them to inflict draining, cause weakness, or deplete magical power.}}
 
The monster version of Black Mark is a spell that applies a ''black mark'' [[status effect]] to any ally in [[LOS]] of the caster. Whenever a monster with this enchantment damages a creature in melee, it applies [[antimagic]], [[weak]], or [[draining]].
 
 
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==History==
 
==History==
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*Prior to [[0.32]], Black Mark was also a monster spell, which was replaced by [[Sign of Ruin]].
 
*Prior to [[0.28]], Black Mark would not reroll if it got a useless effect.
 
*Prior to [[0.28]], Black Mark would not reroll if it got a useless effect.
 
*Prior to [[0.27]], the player version was the third rank of the demonspawn mutation, not the second.
 
*Prior to [[0.27]], the player version was the third rank of the demonspawn mutation, not the second.

Latest revision as of 08:17, 25 June 2026

Version 0.34: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

Black Mark is a demonspawn mutation and monster spell which inflicts one of three random status effects.

Player Mutation

Black Mark is a demonspawn mutation with 3 levels. The second level of this mutation has the eponymous 'Black Mark' effect.

If you have level 2 of this mutation, when attacking a monster in melee, there's a 20% chance that you inflict one status effect of:

If a status would be useless, it is rerolled.

History

  • Prior to 0.32, Black Mark was also a monster spell, which was replaced by Sign of Ruin.
  • Prior to 0.28, Black Mark would not reroll if it got a useless effect.
  • Prior to 0.27, the player version was the third rank of the demonspawn mutation, not the second.
  • Gloorx Vloq had this spell in 0.18.
  • Since 0.17, black Mark no longer has vampiric effect (healing the player for 1d(damage done-1)); its other effects are now stronger. Also, the set of effects had slow instead of weak.
  • Black Mark was added in 0.14.