Deathblock and Deathward?

[T.T]

Hi!

Definition of Deathblock: this effect grants immunity to all death spells and magical death effects.

Death Spells are:
-Circle of Death
-Destruction (spell)
-Finger of Death
-Phantasmal Killer
-Power Word: Kill
-Prismatic Ray
-Prismatic Spray
-Slay Living
-Symbol of Death
-Wail of the Banshee

Why using a Deathward item I am protected against Level Drain attacks and using a Deathblock, I am not?

Those spells under "magical death effects", what are they? Level Drain isn´t?

In other words, using a Deathblock item, against what I am protected?

[az4a3l]

Any instadeath spell/ability like I.E xoriat flenser/render tend to do vorpals often enough, oddly not the 1s in invaders, but if u run purge the fallen shrine in sands those guys vorpal.
I found to avoid drains, u need to do necro and get the silver flame amulet, 10 charges but as a caster is more than enough.
And AH for deathward scroll sometimes there are a few available.

[BrightAsh]

Using a deathblock item you are protected against direct death-effects. Everything that kills you instantly that is not damage (so no protection versus maximized empowered heightenend critical disintegrate). So protection against death-spells (Finger of Death, Destruction, Wail etc.), vorpals etc.

Deathward has the addition to protect you from negative energy stuffies

[SHOCK_and_AWE]

...Deathward has the addition to protect you from negative energy stuffies

This includes Negative Levels and Negative Energy Damage from spells such as Harm and Inflict Light Wounds.

[BrightAsh]

This includes Negative Levels and Negative Energy Damage from spells such as Harm and Inflict Light Wounds.

Indeed, + it also protects you form the greenish-orb-aura-thingie that some skellie casters have (which is the same as an inflice*something*wounds, much like the healing aura of the cleric RS)

[JollySwagMan]

Note instant death spells like Slay Living, Dismissal, Finger of Death etc. got a weird damage element to them a few updates past, where if the victim of the spell makes their save, they will instead take damage from the spell. It seems bugged so as to double-strike on a victim, with an average level 9 Slay Living dealing 70-80 damage twice on an enemy that makes their save...which can be enough to kill them anyways!


Some items will protect against Energy Drain though:

Silver Flame Necklace (can be upgraded to 10 charges, so it is effectively a 'Death Ward item', once those charges are exhausted it is just a Deathblock item)
Mantle of Worldshaper, Scarab of Spell Absorption, Ioun Stone - each of these can protect against any harmful spell targeted on you.

There are also some Beholder and Doomsphere specific items, as well as a trinket that acts as such available in DDO Store.