Death Ray

Death Magic · active glyph · 1 s cast

Medium range life drain spell that becomes more powerful the closer the caster is to death. Death Specialization adds a chance to apply a -5 Death Resistance debuff to the target. This can stack up to 3 times.

Death Magic numbers are estimates

These formulas come from the community wiki and predate the game's overhaul. We check each school against the live game on a GM account; until Death Magic is checked, read the numbers as ballpark. A combat balance pass across 200+ skills is also still in progress, so every number is provisional. (ledger #59)

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Estimate

Death Ray levelGrandmaster is 100; skills keep levelling to 200 (ledger #17)IntelligenceYour stat, from the character sheetDeath Mastery levelAnother skill this formula readsDeath Magic Specialization levelGives 100% school mastery (1.25% per level) while slotted (ledger #34)Death Magic is in one of my two specialization slotsSpecialization only pays out while slotted · ledger #1, #3

At these inputs

6.2 – 8.3Death Damage

3 - 4 Death Damage
× √(Death Ray level / 40 + intelligence / 40) (estimate)+0.1% per Death Mastery level

Focus cost	10
Range	20
Cooldown	6 s
Chance to consume reagents	10%
Fizzle Chance From Equipment	+35%
Death Resistance Specialization	-5for 30 seconds

Specialization level has no number in this skill's formula yet. Its effect here is the lines marked Specialization, which need the school slotted.

Last verified against: sotawiki snapshot of 2026-10-26 (article last seen in release 109). Not yet checked in the live game. Wiki article. Rules used on this page: ledger #1, #3, #17, #34, #37, #59.