Bind Souls

Version 0.32: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

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 nearby. 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

Followers of Gozag effectively neuter this spell; corpses turn into gold before they can turn into simulacrum.

History

• In 0.33, hostile sumulacra created via this spell will no longer give XP.
• Prior to 0.30, Gozag didn't block hostile soul binding.
• Prior to 0.27, a simulacrum would only appear if an enchanted monster would drop a corpse. That is, the spell only had a 50% chance to create a simulacrum on death.
• Bind Souls was introduced in 0.19.