Devastate undead

Devastate undead, also known as disrupt undead, was an arcane necromancy spell that sapped undead of their negative energy and destroyed them.
==Effects==
The spellcaster fired a beam at a number of undead targets and destroyed them in a manner similar to the power of a disruption weapon. A particularly resilient undead could resist or even be unaffected by the spell. A living being was immune to its effect.
The spell had a secondary effect of channeling negative energy from a damaged or destroyed undead back to the caster. This could either hurt the caster (if they were alive) or heal the caster (if they were undead themselves).
==Components==
The spell required a disruption weapon of any kind as a focus.
==History==
The devastate undead spell was developed by the arch-lich Larloch. He used it to heal himself by sacrificing his undead servant creatures. He could even potentially use it to permanently boost his unlife force.
==Appendix==
===Notes===
This spell was originally entitled disrupt undead and appeared in Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast for 2 edition. However, this name was later given to a somewhat similar but much less powerful spell, disrupt undead, in 3 edition. Lords of Darkness later presented a very similar spell with the name devastate undead for 3 edition, also from Larloch, clearly intended to be the same as the original spell. The later title is used here to limit confusion.
===Appearances===
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===References===
Category:Necromancy spells
Category:Larloch's spells
Category:Sorcerer spells
Category:Wizard spells