paranoid
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Does DW protect against an undead's Ability Drain attack? Are these Ability Drain attacks powered by negative Energy? Are all undead abilities powered by negative Energy and thus defeated by DW?
I went through the whole SRD, and the only monsters that explicitly state that their attacks are negative energy effects are:
Lich (touch attack damage)
Nightshade (Desecrating Aura, Su)
Shadow (Strength Damage, Su)
So DW should protect against these attack forms. But does it help against the special attacks of these undead, which all drain or damage abilities:
WRAITH: Constitution Drain (Su)
VAMPIRE: Blood Drain (Ex)
ALLIP: Wisdom Drain (Su)
GHOST: Corrupting Gaze (Su), Draining Touch (Su), Horrific Appearance (Su)
Throughout the SRD you can find that "Undead are powered by negative Energy". So shouldn't DW protect against all their special attacks? Or are you protected against only 3 special attacks (apart from death effects and energy drain)?
-p.
(emphasis mine).SRD Death Ward said:The subject is immune to all death spells, magical death effects, energy drain, and any negative energy effects
I went through the whole SRD, and the only monsters that explicitly state that their attacks are negative energy effects are:
Lich (touch attack damage)
Nightshade (Desecrating Aura, Su)
Shadow (Strength Damage, Su)
So DW should protect against these attack forms. But does it help against the special attacks of these undead, which all drain or damage abilities:
WRAITH: Constitution Drain (Su)
VAMPIRE: Blood Drain (Ex)
ALLIP: Wisdom Drain (Su)
GHOST: Corrupting Gaze (Su), Draining Touch (Su), Horrific Appearance (Su)
Throughout the SRD you can find that "Undead are powered by negative Energy". So shouldn't DW protect against all their special attacks? Or are you protected against only 3 special attacks (apart from death effects and energy drain)?
-p.