Hi, when reading the description of death ward, it says that the subject is immune against energy drain and negative energy attacks.
Since necromancy deals with death, unlife and the life force, I assume that the spell does not protect against spells like ray of enfeeblement or waves of fatigue, since they should be considered life force manipulations rather than negative energy spells, but...
If an undead creature deals strength or constitution damage with its incorporeal touch, I don't think that undead creature is a master manipulator of the life force... I would say these attacks are negative energy effects, due to the fact that the attacks are made by undead (creatures closely connected to negative energy). In this case, Death Ward provides immunity against those attacks, or that's my conclusion. Maybe the spell's description lacks concretion in this aspect. Opinions?
Thanks :P
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It would depend entirely on the description of the monster's ability. If it mentions negative energy, then yes the person would be immune. If it doesn't mention negative energy then the person wouldn't be immune. Just because the creature is undead wouldn't make all their attacks negative energy based.