Haunt

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Haunt.png Haunt
Level 7
School1 Summoning
School2 Necromancy
Source(s)
Casting noise 6
Spell noise 0
This spell calls wraiths and ghosts to haunt the caster's target. Calling on the undead exacts a toll on the caster's health, however.

Haunt is a level 7 Necromancy/Summoning spell, which uses smite-targeting to summon 2 to 6 high level phantasms near an enemy. Each cast of Haunt makes the caster sick; as such, it is best reserved for undead spellcasters or those in lich form (who are immune to such sickness). Alternatively, worshippers of Kikubaaqudgha have a chance to avoid being diseased. If you worship a good god, all the creatures summoned will be hostile. Unlike other summoning spells, Haunt cannot be cast without a valid, hositle target.

The summoned ghosts will only attack the target selected by the caster, ignoring player commands. When the haunt target dies, the remaining ghostlies will expire within a few turns, regardless of how much duration was otherwise remaining (though they will be free to attack other targets during this short window).

Spell power dictates the number of monsters created. The composition of the horde is random with the following weightings:

The amount of creatures you can summon with this spell is not capped.

Strategy

History

Prior to 0.13 this spell could summon flayed ghosts, the ghosts summoned by haunt could attack other targets and it could be cast on friendly targets.