saucercrab
Explorer
FWIW, the following is listed in the BoVD FAQ (dated 1/19/03, but the file is named 12/10/02):
1. The artifact needed for the apocalypse from the sky spell is a focus and is not consumed when the spell is cast.
2. When an undead creature uses a corrupt spell with an ability damage or ability drain corruption cost, the undead creature takes the damage or the drain against its Charisma score, no matter what ability the spell normally damages or drains. If the damage or drain reduces the undead creature’s Charisma to 0, the creature becomes helpless until the loss of Charisma is somehow restored or repaired. Any ability damage from a corruption cost heals at the rate of 1 point per day, just like any other ability damage. Ability drain can be healed by the appropriate spells.
Note that undead creatures with Intelligence scores can heal normal ability damage just as living creatures can. For example, a lich casts Lahm’s finger darts and suffers 1 point of Charisma damage per dart (the spell normally damages Strength, but a lich is an undead creature, so it suffers Charisma damage instead). The Charisma damage the lich suffers heals at the rate of 1 point per day, and the lich’s fingers are replaced as the Charisma damage heals.
The Main FAQ doesn't mention the above info, which sorta' reads like errata..
1. The artifact needed for the apocalypse from the sky spell is a focus and is not consumed when the spell is cast.
2. When an undead creature uses a corrupt spell with an ability damage or ability drain corruption cost, the undead creature takes the damage or the drain against its Charisma score, no matter what ability the spell normally damages or drains. If the damage or drain reduces the undead creature’s Charisma to 0, the creature becomes helpless until the loss of Charisma is somehow restored or repaired. Any ability damage from a corruption cost heals at the rate of 1 point per day, just like any other ability damage. Ability drain can be healed by the appropriate spells.
Note that undead creatures with Intelligence scores can heal normal ability damage just as living creatures can. For example, a lich casts Lahm’s finger darts and suffers 1 point of Charisma damage per dart (the spell normally damages Strength, but a lich is an undead creature, so it suffers Charisma damage instead). The Charisma damage the lich suffers heals at the rate of 1 point per day, and the lich’s fingers are replaced as the Charisma damage heals.
The Main FAQ doesn't mention the above info, which sorta' reads like errata..
