Death Touch

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[edit] General Information

The term death touch, or DT for short, refers to an ability that instantly kills a player. The most well-known of these abilities is Cazic Touch, originally cast by Cazic Thule in the Plane of Fear. Another rather well-known bearer of a death touch ability is Kerafyrm, who had a death touch for a melee proc.

[edit] Death Touch Over Time

Introduced with Arch Magus Vangl of Anguish, the Fallen Palace, in the Omens of War expansion, are abilities known as death touch over time, or delayed death touch abilities. These abilities come in the form of a detrimental spell effect (similar to, and sometimes accompanied by the effects of, a debuff); and, upon fading, hit the bearer with a death touch.

[edit] History

First introduced with Cazic Thule and the golems in the Plane of Fear, death touch abilities have been sprinkled about raid events throughout the history of EQ.