Death Spell vs. Nishruu

[ScrambledKhegs]

Despite the description of Summon Nishruu, the summoned creature is not affected by Death Spell (because 'dw#605a.spl' only affects creatures with less than 8 HD). That's fine, if that's the intention, but the spell description should reflect the change and (perhaps more importantly) enemy spellcaster scripts should be tweaked, so they don't continue to ineffectively cast Death Spell at the nishruu. E.g.,

IF
    HaveSpell(WIZARD_DEATH_SPELL)  // SPWI605.SPL (Death Spell)
    See(NearestEnemyOf(Myself))
    Gender(NearestEnemyOf(Myself),SUMMONED)
    LevelLT(NearestEnemyOf(Myself),8)  // <-- This
THEN
    RESPONSE #100
        Spell(NearestEnemyOf(Myself),WIZARD_DEATH_SPELL)  // SPWI605.SPL (Death Spell)
END

 

[DavidW]

That's an oversight: they should have been included in the list of creatures lowered to level 8 if that version of Death Spell is in use. Fixed in v35.21 (and ToF beta 15); thanks for catching it.