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Vampiric Feast
Spell Information
Spell level :	Innate level: Epic
School :	Necromancy
Descriptor(s) :	Evil, Death
Components :	Verbal and Somatic
Range :	Personal
Target/Area :	Hostile creatures within 20 feet of caster
Duration :	Instant
Save :	Fortitude partial
Spell resistance :	Yes

Description

When this spell is cast, you drink in the life force of all living enemies in the area of effect. Creatures who succeed at a Fortitude save lose only half their remaining hit points, while those who fail their saving throw lose all their remaining hit points and are instantly slain. The total amount of damage done by this spell is then added to the caster's hit point total. Moreover, the life-force of slain creatures coalesces as a Greater Shadow, which will attack any surviving enemies for one round per caster level.

You are only able to absorb sufficient hit points to return you to full health. Any remaining life force dissipates into the fabric of the Weave.

Seeds

Slay, Animate Dead

Acquisition

To learn this spell, a character must take the feat Epic Spell: Vampiric Feast.

Type of feat: Epic

Prerequisite: Spellcraft 24 ranks, the ability to cast 9th level spells or Dark invocations.

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 |level_innate=Epic
 |school=Necromancy
-|descriptor=Evil
+|descriptor=Evil, Death
 |components=VS
 |range=Personal
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 |duration=Instant
 |duration_type=
-|save=Fortitude partial (DC+5)
+|save=Fortitude partial
 |save_type=F
 |spell_resistance=Yes
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 |invocation=}}
 ==Description==
-When this spell is cast you drink in the life force of creatures in the AoE. Creatures who succeed at a save lose only half their remaining hit points, while those who fail their saving throw lose all their remaining hit points and are instantly slain. The total amount of damage done by this spell is then added to the casters Hitpoint total. Moreover, the life-force of slain creatures coalesces as a greater shadow, which will attack any surviving enemies.
+When this spell is cast, you drink in the life force of all living enemies in the area of effect. Creatures who succeed at a Fortitude save lose only half their remaining hit points, while those who fail their saving throw lose all their remaining hit points and are instantly slain. The total amount of damage done by this spell is then added to the caster's hit point total. Moreover, the life-force of slain creatures coalesces as a Greater Shadow, which will attack any surviving enemies for one round per caster level.
-You are only able to absorb enough hit points to restore you to full health, remaining points dissipates into the fabric of the weave.
-Update: Vampiric Feast now has the Death descriptor and obeys death immunity, like Avasculate, and it now only affects living targets, but its shadow is now 20 HD instead of 9, with significantly better stats and a new appearance (One-of-Many model).
+You are only able to absorb sufficient hit points to return you to full health. Any remaining life force dissipates into the fabric of the Weave.
-==Gameplay notes==
-This spell is not stopped by [[Death Ward]] or similar effects.
-This spell actually damages hostile undead, instead of healing them (bug?)
-See also [[epic spell]].
+==Seeds==
+Slay, Animate Dead
 ==Acquisition==
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 '''Type of feat''': Epic
-'''Prerequisite''': Ability to cast 9th level spells<sup>1</sup>, [[Spellcraft]] 24 ranks
+'''Prerequisite''': [[Spellcraft]] 24 ranks, the ability to cast 9th level spells or Dark invocations.
-'''Classes:''' [[Cleric]], [[Druid]], [[Spirit Shaman]], [[Wizard]], [[Sorcerer]], [[Warlock]]<sup>2</sup>, [[Arcane Scholar of Candlekeep]], [[Arcane Trickster]], [[Eldritch Knight]], [[Pale Master]], [[Red Wizard of Thay]], [[Stormlord]], [[Harper Agent]], [[Sacred Fist]], [[Warpriest]]
-====Notes====
-<sup>1</sup> Any level 9 spell qualifies, regardless of class. Any [[Invocation#Dark_invocations|dark invocation]] also qualifies, regardless of its equivalent spell level.
-<sup>2</sup> This feat may be taken on a Warlock level if and only if the character is able to cast dark invocations*. This is because there are actually two feats corresponding to this epic spell: one for warlocks and one for non-warlocks. It should be noted that no character will ever be eligible for both feats due to the character level cap of 30. * The pre-req for Warlocks is actually 16 levels in Warlock rather than dark invocations.
 [[Category:Spells]]
 [[Category:Epic spells]]
 [[Category:Epic feats]]