Azrael

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Azrael R
HP	58-118
HD	11
XP	990
Speed	10
AC	10
EV	5
Will	40
Attack¹	17 (hit: plain)
Resistances	damnation rF+++ rPois+ rMiasma rN+++ rTorm
Vulnerabilities	Cold Holy
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Weapons & armour Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Demonic
Size	Large
Type	efreet, efreet
Flags	Evil Flying Speaks Unique Male

A powerful, belligerent efreet. (Is there any other kind?)

“And Allah said,
‘As thou the deed hast done, so now the office shall be thine, O Azrael,
to gather up for me the souls of men and women when their time has come;
the souls of saints and sinners, of beggars and of princes,
of the old or young, whate’er befall; and even though friends weep,
and hearts of loved ones ache with sorrow and with anguish,
when bereft of those they love.’
So Azrael became the messenger of Death.”

-J. E. Hanauer, _Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish_. 1907.

Useful Info

Azrael the Boundless Flame is a unique efreet, often accompanied by several hell hounds and fire elementals. Like all efreets, he comes armed with a flaming scimitar, but he's much happier hitting you with his wide variety of Fire Magic and damnation spells instead.

Location

The Dungeon:12-15
The Orcish Mines:2
The Elven Halls:1-2
The Snake Pit:1-3
The Spider's Nest:1-3

Spells

Name	Damage	Range	Flags
Bolt of Fire	3d20	6	Magical flag
Fireball	3d20	5	Magical flag
Hurl Damnation	3d20	6	Magical flag
Call Down Damnation	3d15	LOS	Magical flag

Tips & Tricks

Fire resistance defends against most of his spells and melee, but nothing will protect you from damnation.
His allies are immune to fire, so he can fire bolts through them.
- However, the allies are not immune to damnation. Standing next to a hell hound or elemental will prevent him from using either damnation attack.
Take note of what Azrael is and isn't vulnerable to:
- As a demon, Azrael is immune to silence.
- He can't see invisible, so going invisible will greatly reduce the number of spells that hit you.
- His willpower is low for such a strong unique. A wand of polymorph is likely to create a weak demon; the usual Hexes and hex wands also work well.
- He is vulnerable to cold, so Ice Magic or a wand of iceblast can deal decent damage quickly; this has the added benefit of tearing through his allies in short order.

History

Prior to 0.28, Azrael was vulnerable to water.