Ghostly Fireball

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Hurls an exploding ball of negative energy which drains any living creature it engulfs.

Ghostly Fireball is a monster-only spell which behaves much like the Fireball spell, dealing heavy, unavoidable damage to everything caught in its 3×3 blast radius. Unlike Fireball, however, it deals pure negative energy damage.

The following enemies cast Ghostly Fireball:

• z Antique champion (3d24 damage)
• L Josephina (3d25 damage)
• @ Josephine (3d15 damage)
• z Revenant (3d22 damage)

Additionally, a 6 Blood saint's Legendary Destruction spell can result in a ghostly fireball.

History

• Prior to 0.19, this spell dealt partially-irrestistable negative energy damage and healed any undead affected by it.
• Prior to 0.17, Ghostly Fireball's damage partially bypassed AC.
• Ghostly Fireball was added in 0.13.