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Agony
Casting noise	5
Spell noise	0
Range	LOS
Flags	Will check, Dir or target, Monster, Needs tracer

Cuts the health of a target creature in half. This damage is never directly lethal.

“Unbearable, isn't it? The suffering of strangers, the agony of friends. There
is a secret song at the center of the world, Joey, and its sound is like
razors through flesh.”
-Pinhead, _Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth_. 1992.

Agony is a monster-only spell which attempts to inflict torment on a single target in LOS, requiring line of fire. If it succeeds a willpower check, it cuts their current HP by half. As with regular torment, negative energy resistance provides protection (players: -5% HP per rN+), as well as torment resistance.

The following enemies cast Agony:

Players can cast an analogous spell, Curse of Agony. Player ghosts with Curse of Agony get this spell instead.

Agonising Touch

Agonising Touch
Casting noise	5
Spell noise	0
Range	1
Flags	Will check, Dir or target, Monster, Needs tracer

Cuts the health of an adjacent creature in half. This damage is never directly lethal.

Agonising Touch has an identical effect to Agony, but it only has a range of 1.

The following enemies cast Agonising Touch:

H Fenstrider witch

History

Agony
Level	5
School¹	Necromancy
Source(s)	Book of Necromancy Book of the Senses
Casting noise	5
Spell noise	0
Power Cap	100

Prior to 0.31, Agony was a level 5 Necromancy spell that player could cast, and it only had a range of 1. Most monsters had Agony Range, which is identical to the current version of the spell. Fenstrider witches had the player version of Agony, which is now renamed to Agonizing Touch.
Prior to 0.25, Agony had full LOS range. Monsters had plain Agony instead of Agony Range.

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+'''Agony''' is a monster-only spell which attempts to inflict [[torment]] on a single target in [[LOS]], requiring line of fire. If it succeeds a [[willpower]] check, it cuts their current HP by half. As with regular torment, [[negative energy resistance]] provides protection (players: -5% HP per rN+), as well as torment resistance.
+{{monsters with spell}}
+Players can cast an analogous spell, [[Curse of Agony]]. [[Player ghost]]s with Curse of Agony get this spell instead.
+==Agonising Touch==
+{{monster spell info|Agonising Touch}}
+'''Agonising Touch''' has an identical effect to Agony, but it only has a range of 1.
+{{monsters with spell|Agonising Touch}}
+==History==
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-*[[Book of Death]]
+*[[Book of Necromancy]]
-*[[Book of Wizardry]]
+*[[Book of the Senses]]
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+|castingnoise=5
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+|power cap=100
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+}}
-{{Flavour|This spell cuts the resilience of a target creature in half, although it will never cause death directly.}}
+*Prior to [[0.31]], Agony was a level 5 [[Necromancy]] spell that player could cast, and it only had a range of 1. Most monsters had '''Agony Range''', which is identical to the current version of the spell. [[Fenstrider witch]]es had the player version of Agony, which is now renamed to Agonizing Touch.
+*Prior to [[0.25]], Agony had full LOS range. Monsters had plain Agony instead of Agony Range.
-[[Agony]] is a level 5 [[Necromancy]] spell which functions as a single-target [[torment]], cutting the target's [[HP]] in half. It cannot deal lethal damage, but it can soften up powerful, uninjured targets like [[hydra]]s or [[giant]]s to make them more manageable. Like torment, it is worthless against demons, plants, and the undead; unlike torment, it is completely nullified by any degree of [[life protection]]. While it never misses, it can be resisted with high [[magic resistance]].
-The [[Pain]] spell makes a decent finishing blow, affecting the same creatures as Agony itself does.