Pain spell - bugged?

[ekolis]

Not sure if this is a bug or not, but I cast Pain when I had only 1 HP left, and instead of being killed by the backlash or being prevented from casting the spell that could kill me, nothing happened to me! I wasn't playing as a Deep Dwarf or anything - previous casts of Pain did successfully reduce my HP... this is v0.9.1, btw

[mageykun]

L1 necro spell, exclusive to the Book of Necromancy. Inflicts 1hp non-fatal damage on the caster. Does 1d(4 + pow/5) damage, with a limit of 25 power, and bypasses AC - but checks MR and only affects those without life protection.

Looking at that description, I think this is intended behavior.

It kind of makes sense- if you're fighting something at one hp anyways, why should you be penalized further, or have your attack spell disabled?

[evilmike]

That's right. Casting pain can't kill you.