'REND LIFE' Syntax: cast 'rend life' <target> (short syntax: relf) Special: must be wielding weapon from REAPING BLADE spell Spell type: UNIQUE Dependency: none The rend life spell extends the use of a weapon conjured by the REAPING BLADE spell. Using rend life, the necromancer can use his weapon to strike at the very life force of his victim. The power of the equipped reaper's weapon and the DAMROLL of the necromancer determines how effective he will be at rending his victim's life. Casting the spell will also cause harm to the necromancer, for its deadly potence is entwined with the necromancer's own life force. However, the necromancer is granted a minor damage reduction after casting for two combat rounds. Slaying a sufficiently powerful target using the rend life spell allows the necromancer to tear out health, mana, and stamina for himself. How much power the necromancer regains in this fashion is determined by how strong the victim was in life. Weak victims do not provide any gains in death. There is no save against the damage from rend life, and its power grows with both a necromancer's ranks and his equipment. At the apex of its power, rend life is potentially the strongest damage spell available to necromancers. The damage dealt by this spell cannot be shielded by an invoker's MANA SHIELD or BARRIER spells. * Undead targets (both player and creature) are immune to rend life. See also: HELP REAPING BLADE, HELP DAMROLL