Draining Gaze

Version 0.32: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

Causes the target's magic to leak into the air, as though they were hit by an antimagic weapon, and heals the caster for the amount of magic drained, with no direct line of fire required.

Draining Gaze is a monster-only spell. Against players, it irresistibly drains 3d(3 * HD / 2)/3 - 1 MP. Against monsters, it inflicts the antimagic status. Player Djinn have no MP, and are completely unaffected by this spell. Ghost moths don't take a turn when casting Draining Gaze.

The following enemies cast Draining Gaze:

• G Eye of draining

History

• Prior to 0.31, ghost moths healed by the amount of MP drained when using this spell.