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I know, I know gm adjudication however since I'd either be GM'ing or not likely to get high enough for it to matter I figured I'd see what the forum folk thought YAY or nay.
I've been looking for a way to become immune to level drain and the best I've found is the rather limited scarab of protection. However in a recent thread someone mentioned using a wish to become immune to a spell and it got me thinking could I wish for immunity to a type of effect level drain, ability damage, death effects, Etc? If I could would it be permanent (dispellable/suppresable) or instantaneous a permanent alteration to the stat block that can't be gotten rid of. If I can't wish for this are there any cannon ways to achieve this effect? (I know there are cannon humans who have it).
my GM "sure thing, here you go"
-changed into a zombie...
What causes level drain that is not a death effect?
Most energy drain sources are not death effects. Something is only a death effect if it specifically says so, such as by having the [Death] descriptor for a spell.
Energy Drain and enervation are not death effects, and cause negative levels. A vampire causes negative levels, and is not a death effect.
Most sources of negative levels are not death effects.
Deathward should effectively do what you want.
I would allow wish to temporarily give you deathward. But not a permanent non-dispellable effect, thats probably too strong.
I would consider allow you to use permanency with deathward, but it would be expensive (not as expensive as wish probably) but able to be dispelled.
What causes level drain that is not a death effect?Most energy drain sources are not death effects. Something is only a death effect if it specifically says so, such as by having the [Death] descriptor for a spell.
Energy Drain and enervation are not death effects, and cause negative levels. A vampire causes negative levels, and is not a death effect.
Most sources of negative levels are not death effects.
But deathward still protects against them, does it not?
But deathward still protects against them, does it not?
It should. But that wasn't the question. The question I answered was "What causes level drain that is not a death effect?".
And pretty much every source of level drain is not a death effect.
Cannon humans? Preposterous! Now, Cannon Golems are immune to that stuff, but Cannon humans? Bah.Baba Yaga, sure she' ridiculously powerful but she has a whole stack of immunities and she started off human.
He's joking. "Cannon" is the weapon. The correct word for this is "canon".
I'd allow it. I rarely use level drain, though, so it would be less valuable in my games than others.