Death Pact

[beilschmidt]

Hello, I have a question about the spell, Death Pact. I don't know if it's a bug or not...

Death Pact is a level 7 self-spell (if I recall correctly) that can be cast by clerics (and FvS also? I don't know). When you cast it on yourself when you're alive, you're immediately revived back when you die. After you die, a box appears "accept Revive spell from (your character name)?" just like when someone revives you. It is a really useful spell, I used it few times.

On an elite quest, I cast it on myself again, then I accidentally stepped on a trap, and died. TWICE. I didn't even receive "accept revive?" box. The game says my death count was two. And even when I was alive (revived back by someone else), I saw my stone on ground. When you're revived, stone automatically disappears. But it didn't in that quest.

Also today, in Reaver's Bane quest, I cast Pact on myself again. I typed /death after I ran out of spell points. My intention was to be teleported to the area where game sends dead players in that quest, then revive myself by Pact spell, pull the lever, and send the dead back to the arena. It worked twice. But today it wasn't. And Game said I died twice again. Even though I didn't receive any "accept revive?" box... again.

Is this a bug?

[davidolson22]

Death pact has been double death in traps for a while now, maybe a year. It prevents some cheesy ways of doing some quests, like Monastry of the Scorpion.

About the second thing you saw, no idea. Sounds like you had a good idea, but the game developers decided it was cheating so they didn't let you do it anymore.

[Standal]

A guildy of mine has noticed that Death Pact is bugged and does not allow you to go to safe location. I'm not sure if he's bug reported it in game and nothing has been done or if he just hasn't bothered.

[beilschmidt]

About the second thing you saw, no idea. Sounds like you had a good idea, but the game developers decided it was cheating so they didn't let you do it anymore.

No - It worked twice in Reaver's this week. There is no way (a slight chance only) DMs realised this and changed it.