Death knight

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This page is about the monster. For the obsolete background see Death Knight (background).

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HP	52-107
HD	10
XP	912
Speed	10
AC	10
EV	9
Will	80
Attack1	28 (hit: plain)
Resistances	None
Vulnerabilities	Holy
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Weapons & armour Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Natural
Size	Medium
Type	human, human
Flags	Fighter Evil Speaks Warm-blooded

A warrior-priest of Yredelemnul that chants unholy homages to the dark god and calls forth the dead.

Useful Info

Death knights are followers of Yredelemnul. As with deep dwarf death knights before them, they use his invocations to animate the dead, drain life, and partially reflect damage inflicted on them. They are occasionally found in the Crypt and its vaults, most notably in its branch ends. Outside of said vaults and branch ends, there is a 66.66% chance for them to have a band of 3-4 of Yred's gifts:

First spawn
n Ghoul	33.3%	W Flayed ghost	66.6%

Following spawns
W Wraith	29.41%	W Freezing wraith	35.29%
W Phantasmal warrior	17.65%	z Skeletal warrior	17.65%

Spells

Spell set I
Slot1	Agony	Priest flag
Slot2	Injury Mirror	Priest flag

Tips & Tricks

• As always with Injury Mirror, it is a good idea to avoid potential self-harm and delay direct or long-lasting attacks (examples of the latter being poison and clouds) until after the status ends. Regularly checking in tiles for the status icon or in console with x over the monster is important to avoid significant damage.

History

Prior to 0.17, death knights could cast Drain Life and Animate Dead instead of Agony and Haunt.

Death knights replaced deep dwarf death knights in 0.15.