Draining Gaze

Version 0.31: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

Causes the target's magic to leak into the air, as though they were hit by an antimagic weapon, and heals the caster for the amount of magic drained, with no direct line of fire required.

Draining Gaze is a monster-only spell. Against players, it irresistibly drains 3d(3 * HD / 2)/3 - 1 MP. Against monsters, it inflicts the antimagic status. Player Djinn have no MP, and are completely unaffected by this spell. As a "gaze" spell, it does not take time to cast.

The following enemies cast Draining Gaze:

• y Ghost moth
• 8 Orange crystal statue

History

• Prior to 0.31, ghost moths healed by the amount of MP drained when using this spell.