Grave Claw

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Calls forth the spite of the recently dead to skewer a targeted enemy with shards of bone. This spell never misses, and will pin its target in place for several turns, but casting it rapidly consumes the remnants of death that linger upon the caster. You can stockpile enough malice to cast this spell at most three times, and this can only be replenished by causing the death of a sufficient number of living beings.

Grave Claw is a smite-targeted level 2 Necromancy spell that does physical damage and inflicts the Bind status effect on a target. The target will be unable to move for 2-4 turns, although this effect doesn't prevent blinking.

The player can have up to 3 charges of Grave Claw. Each of these charges takes a random 4-6 living deaths to recharge. When the player first memorises the spell, they gain one charge of it immediately.

History

• In 0.32, this spell will be added to the game. Necromancers and Hedge Wizards will start with this spell in their spell libraries.