Bind Souls

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This page refers to the monster spell. For the god-granted ability, see Yredelemnul.

Bestows an enchantment on other nearby living creatures that causes them to rise as simulacra after being slain.

Bind Souls is a monsters-only spell that enchants all living creatures in the caster's LOS for some time. When an enchanted creature is slain, a simulacrum matching them will be created in the vicinity. This spell also prevents your own undead-creating Necromancy (except Death Channel) from working.

The following enemies cast Bind Souls:

• L Josephina
• p Necromancer (monster)

Additionally, the following monsters cast Bind Souls automatically when slain:

• B Pharaoh ant

History

• Prior to 0.27, a simulacrum would only appear if an enchanted monster would drop a corpse.
• Bind Souls was introduced in 0.19.