AD&D Players Handbook/Database/Spells/Magic-User/Maximum Number of Creatures Affected 4-80 (4d20) 3-30 (3d10) 2-8 (2d4) 1-4

1. Maximum Number of Creatures Affected 4-80 (4d20) 3-30 (3d10) 2-8 (2d4) 1-4

Class	Magic-User
Spell level	6
School	ld4
Reversible	No
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1. 1. Description

Victim’s Hit Dice less than 2 2 to 4 4+1 to6+3 6+4to8+3 If a mixed group of creatures is attacked with a death spell, use the following conversion: Equals Creatures with Hit Dice of: Creature’s Hit Dice: less than 2 2 to 4 4+ 1 to 64-3 6+4ta 8+3 6+4to8+3 10 5 2 4+1 to6+3 8 3 .5 2 to 4 4 .125 .05 First, simply roll the dice to see how many creatures of less than 2 hit dice are affected, kill all these, then use the conversion to kill all 2 to 4 hit dice monsters, etc. If not enough of the number remains to kill the higher levels, they remain. This system can be reversed by applying it to higher hit dice victims first. Example: The 4d20 when rolled indicate a total of 53, 20 of this is used to kill one 6 + 4 to 8 + 3 die creature (20 X .05 = l), 16 are used to kill two 4 + 1 to 6 + 3 hit dice creatures (16 X .125 = 2), 12 are used to kill three 2 to 4 die creatures (3 X 4 = 12), and 5 remainder can be used to kill off 5 less-than-2 dice creatures (5 X 1 = 5), i.e. 20 + 16 + 12 + 5 = 53. A death spell does not affect lycanthropes, undead creatures, or creatures from other than the Prime Material Plane. The material component of this spell is a crushed black pearl with a minimum value of loo0 g.p.

1. 1. Source

Supplied Players Handbook PDF, PDF page 84. Original printed page is approximately 82 for this portion of the scan. Source column: L.

OCR source record

Victim’s Hit Dice less than 2 2 to 4 4+1 to6+3 6+4to8+3 If a mixed group of creatures is attacked with a death spell, use the following conversion: Equals Creatures with Hit Dice of: Creature’s Hit Dice: less than 2 2 to 4 4+ 1 to 64-3 6+4ta 8+3 6+4to8+3 10 5 2 4+1 to6+3 8 3 .5 2 to 4 4 .125 .05 First, simply roll the dice to see how many creatures of less than 2 hit dice are affected, kill all these, then use the conversion to kill all 2 to 4 hit dice monsters, etc. If not enough of the number remains to kill the higher levels, they remain. This system can be reversed by applying it to higher hit dice victims first. Example: The 4d20 when rolled indicate a total of 53, 20 of this is used to kill one 6 + 4 to 8 + 3 die creature (20 X .05 = l), 16 are used to kill two 4 + 1 to 6 + 3 hit dice creatures (16 X .125 = 2), 12 are used to kill three 2 to 4 die creatures (3 X 4 = 12), and 5 remainder can be used to kill off 5 less-than-2 dice creatures (5 X 1 = 5), i.e. 20 + 16 + 12 + 5 = 53. A death spell does not affect lycanthropes, undead creatures, or creatures from other than the Prime Material Plane. The material component of this spell is a crushed black pearl with a minimum value of loo0 g.p.