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Black Mark is a demonspawn mutation and monster spell which inflicts one of three random status effects.

Player Mutation

Black Mark is a demonspawn mutation with 3 levels. The second level of this mutation has the eponymous 'Black Mark' effect.

If you have level 2 of this mutation, when attacking a monster in melee, there's a 20% chance that you inflict one status effect of:

If a status would be useless, it is rerolled.

History

Prior to 0.32, Black Mark was also a monster spell, which was replaced by Sign of Ruin.
Prior to 0.28, Black Mark would not reroll if it got a useless effect.
Prior to 0.27, the player version was the third rank of the demonspawn mutation, not the second.
Gloorx Vloq had this spell in 0.18.
Since 0.17, black Mark no longer has vampiric effect (healing the player for 1d(damage done-1)); its other effects are now stronger. Also, the set of effects had slow instead of weak.
Black Mark was added in 0.14.

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-{{flavour|This spell empowers the caster and their nearby allies to steal the vital energies of their foes on a successful melee attack, variously draining magic, speed, abilities, or skills.}}
+'''Black Mark''' is a [[demonspawn mutation]] and monster spell which inflicts one of three random status effects.
-'''Black Mark''' is a monster-only spell that applies the ''black mark'' enchantment to any creature in the LOS of the caster that is hostile to the player. When a monster with this enchantment deals some damage in melee to the player or another monster, it will be healed for a random amount 2d(DamageDone/2) and one of the following effects will be applied to the defender:
+==Player Mutation==
+[[Black Mark (mutation)|Black Mark]] is a demonspawn mutation with 3 levels. The second level of this mutation has the eponymous 'Black Mark' effect.
+If you have level 2 of this mutation, when attacking a monster in melee, there's a 20% chance that you inflict one status effect of:
 *[[Antimagic]]
-*[[Slow]]
+*[[Weak]]
-*[[Draining|Experience drain]]
+*[[Draining]]
-The following monsters are able to cast Black Mark:
-{{monsterlink|Black sun}}
+If a status would be useless, it is rerolled.
-[[Category:Crystal Ball Articles]]
+==History==
+*Prior to [[0.32]], Black Mark was also a monster spell, which was replaced by [[Sign of Ruin]].
+*Prior to [[0.28]], Black Mark would not reroll if it got a useless effect.
+*Prior to [[0.27]], the player version was the third rank of the demonspawn mutation, not the second.
+*Gloorx Vloq had this spell in [[0.18]].
+*Since [[0.17]], black Mark no longer has vampiric effect (healing the player for 1d(damage done-1)); its other effects are now stronger. Also, the set of effects had [[slow]] instead of [[weak]].
+*Black Mark was added in [[0.14]].