====== Soul Slay ====== **Soul Slay** isn't //just// an [[instakill]]. It is, in some ways, an overkill. The mind, or the soul, or some other vital thing is severed from the body; thus, the body is left mentally decapitated. They might still be alive after this, in fact, but a disconnect prevents the body from doing anything. {{:abilities:affliction.png?nolink }} Soul-Slaying appends a matching [[Afflictions|Affliction]] to the unit, which **prevents the unit from coming back to life**. Should someone manage to circumvent the affliction, it disappears from the character sheet. Soul-Slaying prevents "resurrection" through the following: * {{:abilities:shapechanger.png?nolink}} [[Shapechanger|Changing Shape]] * {{:abilities:immortal.png?nolink}} [[Immortal|Immortality]] - the soul is punted to the Underworld, which it can't easily escape from * {{:abilities:twiceborn.png?nolink}} [[Twiceborn]] - the soul is no longer anchored to your body, after all * {{:items:crystal_heart.png?nolink}} Straight-up Extra Lives, such as through ??Phoenix Pyre?? or a ??Crystal Heart?? Soul Slay does //not// prevent the following from working: * **Being re-summoned** - it doesn't //actually// slay the soul, as it turns out * The only exception is the ??Ritual of Rebirth??; soul-slaying cannot bring someone back into their original body. * [[Simulacrum]] - the soul isn't severed from your //real// body, and ends up in the Dreamwild instead of the Underworld * [[Scar Souls]] - one of the souls takes the place of yours, or just takes the bullet Thus, a [[Pretender God]] who is soul-slayed can still be recalled, and unique summons can still be reclaimed. {{:dom6:stats:mr.png?nolink}} Virtually all sources of Soul-Slaying are resisted by [[Magic Resistance]], by the way.