List of content with instakill mechanics or notable ways to easily die
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The fountain in the Feywild has at least one very nasty effect: a friend of mine decided to drink from it and immediately swirling blades appeared and killed him. :( I was standing nearby and they hit me, too. I survived, but I lost about half my hit points. Since then, I have decided not only to avoid drinking from fountains, but also to avoid standing near anyone who decides to do so.
I would like to second this, I once fell into one of those out-of-bounds areas. I almost had those bloody footprints....
eshadowbringer
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Dang! That paints a vivid picture of panic!
Hard way to go!
eshadowbringer
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Even if a couple of them wont actually kill you just high damage .. better safe than sorry, as they say!
The Indiana Jones boulder in Undermine has quite a few humanoid shaped stains on it.
FuzzyDuck81
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More generalised:
- Flesh render enemies have vorpal claws.
- Beholders will hit you with multiple negative levels in short order as well as using disintegrate which you'll be more likely to fail your save against thanks to the negative levels. Death ward spells will be dispelled so it won't protect you.
- High ability damage will make you helpless, which doesn't instakill you but you can't do anything except run. Except if your STR is reduced to 0 & you're carrying a lot of gear, then you can't run away either. And CON damage makes you more vulnerable to instakills as well as reducing your HP. Kopru & spectral beholders are particularly notorious for stat drain, shadow enemies can drain STR, vampire enemies will drain CON.
- Mind flayers will instakill you if they use their brain slurp after stunning you. If you're warforged, they'll throw it up again, which might give some small consolation.
- If you're warforged, every single attack from a rust monster has a chance to stun you. DC fairly low, but it can be nasty at low levels.
- Flesh render enemies have vorpal claws.
- Beholders will hit you with multiple negative levels in short order as well as using disintegrate which you'll be more likely to fail your save against thanks to the negative levels. Death ward spells will be dispelled so it won't protect you.
- High ability damage will make you helpless, which doesn't instakill you but you can't do anything except run. Except if your STR is reduced to 0 & you're carrying a lot of gear, then you can't run away either. And CON damage makes you more vulnerable to instakills as well as reducing your HP. Kopru & spectral beholders are particularly notorious for stat drain, shadow enemies can drain STR, vampire enemies will drain CON.
- Mind flayers will instakill you if they use their brain slurp after stunning you. If you're warforged, they'll throw it up again, which might give some small consolation.
- If you're warforged, every single attack from a rust monster has a chance to stun you. DC fairly low, but it can be nasty at low levels.
axel15810
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I was curious so went into House K just now and was not able to find a way to fall into the chasm. Invisible walls everywhere.
It's been a long time since it's happened to me so they may have changed it since then. That's probably for the best.
Lost Leader
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Couple that come to mind:
Mephit optional ending in Genesis Point, falling between the bridges is instant death.
The pit door trap in Haunted Halls of Eveningstar is insta kill
Mephit optional ending in Genesis Point, falling between the bridges is instant death.
The pit door trap in Haunted Halls of Eveningstar is insta kill
Strimtom
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There was a spreadsheet made that is kept up to date by Ipsum, Boho and Suzera that has a load of good information. I'll link it here.
Link to the sheet
Link to the sheet
cravenhawk
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Attack on Summerfield, Yenar, the medusa that can spawn near the fountain, has an instakill.
I was running past the fountain, never saw her and BOOM!
Happened so quick, it startled me.
I was running past the fountain, never saw her and BOOM!
Happened so quick, it startled me.
cravenhawk
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Snitch fire bomb.
Frieling Slyhand
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Pixies in Feywild have a prismatic spell that can instakill. I went from 300 hp to -1 in Immortality Lessons. Be sure to have a deathblock item.