Pain

Pain
Level	1
School1	Necromancy
Source(s)	Book of Necromancy
Casting noise	1
Spell noise	1

This page is about the spell. For the brand, see Pain (brand). For the card, see Pain card.

This spell inflicts an extremely painful injury upon one living creature. The caster suffers minor damage from the backlash.

Spell Details
Damage Formula	1d(4 + Power/5)
Max Damage	1d9 negative energy
Max Power	25
Range	6
Targeting	Beam
To-hit
Special	*100% accurate *Ignores AC *MR resists *Costs 1 HP & 1 MP to cast

Pain is a level 1 Necromancy spell which fires a beam of negative energy against a single target. It never misses and its damage is not reduced by AC, but magic resistance and torment resistance can negate it. Life protection is useless for the player, but the monsters become immune with only one rank. Along with the MP cost, it also deals 1 point of negative energy damage to the caster unless he is undead (satiated+ vampires do not qualify), a deep dwarf, or has only 1 HP left.

For Pain to affect an enemy, its Enchantment Power must pass the enemy's magic resistance:

Enchantment Power: 3.5 × Power

Early on, this spell is effectively 3.5 times more powerful than the "typical" Hex, meaning you are unlikely to see orc warriors resisting it three times in a row, as can happen with Confuse or Ensorcelled Hibernation. However, it has such a low power cap that it becomes virtually useless against later mid-game and end-game enemies.

Necromancers start with Pain memorized.

Strategy

• While Pain works best with characters immune to the HP cost, other characters can use Pain to soften approaching monsters, then hit them with Vampiric Draining to regain their HP once the enemy is in range.

Monster Spell

The monster version of Pain has an enchantment power of 50, and does damage given by:

1d(7 + Power/20)