Vampire strike

[Selkie]

I'm returning to necromancers. Trying to get my first win with the class and I'm trying things a bit differently, for example, I've just realised how good vampire strike is (plugging the gap between evil, but non-magical monsters like orcs and ogres).

My question is what's the hit die on VS or is it a single amount? It doesn't say in the spellbook like other offensive spells (is this on purpose?). My guess is something like 2d48, just from trial and error.

[Nick]

It's twice character level.

[Selkie]

Thanks Nick. So it's fixed and irresistible? Also, what determines the amount of HP you recover after snacking on their necks?

[Nick]

That's the same, as is the amount of food value (where 100 food value is 1% fed).

[Selkie]

That's the same, as is the amount of food value (where 100 food value is 1% fed).

I recover 50hp with a clvl25 necromancer? It doesn't always seem that way in game. I need to test

[sffp]

My experience has learned me that if you kill a low-HP monster, you don't recover as much - or if a monster has few HP left, you only get what they have left.

Vampire Strike is indeed a great spell - once you can cast it low-enough fail-rate. indeed, most of my kobold necromancers die either with "it breathes" or Vampire Strike fails for the second/third time in a row.