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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jlhorner1974" data-source="post: 740149" data-attributes="member: 8628">Right.  Phantasmal Killer causes death from fear -- the phantasm itself is not real.  In effect, the illusion fools your own brain into killing you.The distinction can be razor-thin here, but I believe Hypersmurf's opinion is the correct ruling -- death from a phantasmal killer is not prevented by death ward.  (IRL, you probably will want to check with your DM to see how he interprets this.)It's worth mentioning that any spell or effect that guards against fear effects would be effective in stopping phantasmal killer, since it is a fear effect.</blockquote>