Holy word
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Holy word is a damaging effect. When used against undead or demonic monsters, it 3d15 + 1d20 - 1 damage (ignoring AC) and inflicts the daze status for 10-19 turns.[1][2] When used against undead or demonspawn players, it halves HP instead. Unlike torment, this can kill you at 1 HP. Otherwise, it does nothing.
Holy word is a divine-only status. It can be invoked from The Shining One's weapon blessing and Zin's Recite. Nemelex will use holy word as punishment if you are currently undead or a demonspawn.
History
- In 0.29, the scroll of holy word, the most common source of this effect, was removed.
- Prior to 0.27, Zin's Sanctuary caused a holy word effect.
- Prior to 0.15, holy word also scared targets, and the good gods made these scrolls more powerful for their followers.
References
- ↑ spl-goditem.cc:1016 (0.30.0)
- ↑ spl-goditem.cc:1036 (0.30.0)
