Negative Energy Immunity: useful?

[HallowedOne]

I was just wondering yesterday, while tanking X on HoX and beeing hit just by her Horrid Wiltings:

Does Negative Energy Immunity items reduce Horrid's damage and Negative Levels "gained"?

( If it doesn't, wouldn't it be cool if it did? )

[sirdanile]

negative energy immunity should work like deathward except be permanent and undispellable.

Not getting negative levels is awesome, though I am not sure about wilting I know inflict spells will not work on you along with some other nasty effects.

[Visty]

horrid isnt negative damage, drained levels are neither
the inflict xx wound line and harm are the only source of negative damage atm

[HallowedOne]

horrid isnt negative damage, drained levels are neither
the inflict xx wound line and harm are the only source of negative damage atm

Any idea of what type is Horrid's damage?

[Symar-FangofLloth]

Any idea of what type is Horrid's damage?

Horrid Wilting

Necromancy
Level: Sor/Wiz 8, Water 8
Components: V, S, M/DF
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Long (400 ft. + 40 ft./level)
Targets: Living creatures, no two of which can be more than 60 ft. apart
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fortitude half
Spell Resistance: Yes

This spell evaporates moisture from the body of each subject living creature, dealing 1d6 points of damage per caster level (maximum 20d6). This spell is especially devastating to water elementals and plant creatures, which instead take 1d8 points of damage per caster level (maximum 20d8).

Arcane Material Component: A bit of sponge.

If they followed tabletop, it sounds like untyped damage.

[Visty]

Any idea of what type is Horrid's damage?

dehydration

[HallowedOne]

Back when I played NwN, Horrid caused "Magical" damage, thus spells such as Negative Energy Protection and Death Ward were useless against it - although they had Shadow Shield which also granted immunity to all Necromancy spells.

Guess I'll have to paint my body with sticky glue so my bodily moistures don't evaporate when attacked by those - just gotta be careful or I'll die like that girl in Goldfinger

[Matuse]

I believe that when the quest to kill Whisperdoom first came out, and players were exposed to Horrid Wilting for the first time when she cast it, that it did negative damage. I used my silver flame trinket to eat one of them without getting reamed.

Since then, it's been changed.