Demonspawn soul scholar

Version 0.34: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

For a list of all demonspawn, see list of demonspawn.

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HP	61-124
HD	15
XP	1026
Speed	10
AC	9
EV	12
Will	60
Attack1	25 (hit: plain)
Resistances	rC+++ rTorm rMiasma
Vulnerabilities	Holy Silver
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Weapons & armour Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Natural
Size	Medium
Type	demonspawn, demonspawn
Flags	Evil See invisible Speaks Warm-blooded

A half-mortal, half-demonic creature, covered in icy blue scales. It wields powers of darkness from its devotion to the deities of death. “The sky is sad and beautiful, like a vast altar. The sun has drowned in its congealing blood.” -Charles Baudelaire, _Flowers of Evil_, 43: Evening Harmony. 1857. trans. Ruth White, 1969.

Useful Info

Demonspawn soul scholars are demonspawn necromancers of Kikubaaqudgha found in Pandemonium. They possess cold immunity and boosted AC, and can see invisible. Their Sign of Ruin ability can cause the player and their allies to be drained, slowed, weakened or blinded when struck in melee.

Spells

Spell set I
Slot1	Bolt of Draining (3d22)	Priest flag
Slot2	Sign of Ruin	Priest flag
Slot3	Dispel Undead Range (3d24)	Priest flag

History

• Prior to 0.32, soul scholars were known as demonspawn black suns. They had Black Mark in place of Sign of Ruin, which buffed individual monsters instead of debuffing the player.
• Prior to 0.28, demonspawns with the black sun class could have any base (monstrous, gelid, infernal, or torturous), instead of all of them being gelid. Additionally, gelid demonspawn had an icemail mechanic, which reduced their AC upon taking fire damage.
• Prior to 0.19, they could cast Malign Offering.
• Black suns were added in 0.14.