Back from the Dead

[tcjsavannah]

Playing a Xom CK, I was facing Pikel when Xom decided to infuse the area with divine lightning.

The lightning killed Pikel, one of his slaves, my Xom-allied lemure.. and myself. I saw my HPs at -2 as it was processing the messages of each of the results of the lightning - but apparently I gained a level and the HP gain from the level gain kept me alive.

Intended? Not that I'm complaining, mind you.. but do level gains/area damage like that process simultaneously game-wise even though it doesn't process simultaneously display-wise?

[Davion Fuxa]

I'm pretty sure it is intended that Xom 'Not' directly kill you with his divine acts. Polymorphing an enemy or summoning one to indirectly kill you fine, but he won't kill you directly.

[reaver]

I tried to test this in wiz mode, but I found it nigh impossible to get all the variables correct- dealing lethal damage to the player and and enemies in such an arrangement that the enemies give enough XP to provide health that would make the lethal damage not lethal any more? I couldn't get it to work.

I'm pretty sure it is intended that Xom 'Not' directly kill you with his divine acts. Polymorphing an enemy or summoning one to indirectly kill you fine, but he won't kill you directly.

I'm 99% sure this is correct.

[tcjsavannah]

Interesting. Ok, well that makes a little more sense then than having all those variables click at the exact same time to save my bacon.

[Kate]

Divine lightning in particular sets your health back to 1 directly after the explosion, if it would have killed you.