Editing Death Ripple

{{Earth spells}}{{Spell
 | school      = earth magic
 | level       = 2nd
 | cost        = 10
 | duration    = instant
 | b_effect    = All creatures (except undead) troops take 15+ (2x (10) + 5 dmg each power point) damage.
 | a_effect    = All creatures (except undead) troops take 25+ (4x (20) + 5 dmg each power point) damage.
 | e_effect    = All creatures (except undead) troops take 35+ (6x (30) + 5 dmg each power point) damage.
}} It damages all [[living]] creatures. Death ripple can only appear in [[necropolis]]' [[mage guild]]. Additionally, it can be learned from [[shrine of magic gesture]] or [[scholar]].

[[Pendant of Life]] makes it wearer immune to death ripple spell. [[Septienna]] the [[necromancer]] specializes in death ripple spell.

== Comments & debate ==
Death ripple is somewhat useful when playing with [[necropolis]] and having an [[undead]] army, or if you happen to found [[Pendant of Life]], which makes your troops immune to death ripple spell.

Even then, it is mostly useful in the beginnig of the game because it has a relatively low damage capability. With a quite high spell power of 30, death ripple merely does 180 damage, which is not enough to destroy even a [[ballista]]. With [[Orb of Silt]] (+50% earth spell damage), the damage will rise to 270 points.

One use of death ripple is, that you can wake up your own units from [[blind]] or similiar effects. Additionally, it may be useful to clear out enemy scouts, which usually have only small forces or seven stacks of one fast creature.

[[Category: Spells]]
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== Contrary Spell ==
[[Death Ripple]] is the positive cousin of [[Destroy Undead]] in terms of undead loving, [[Necromancy]] liking Necromancers.

== Damage Spell Comparison ==
{| class=wikitable
!Spell Name!!Single Target!!Bonus damage at Basic!!Bonus at Adv!!Bonus at Expert!!Variable Damage
|-
|[[Death Ripple]]||No, Whole Battfield (No Undead)||10 dmg (2x) || 20 dmg (4x)|| 30 dmg (6x) ||5 dmg / spell power point
|-
|[[Destroy Undead]]||No, Whole Battlefield (Undead Only)||10 dmg (1x)||20 dmg (2x)|| 50 dmg (5x) ||10 dmg / spell power
|-
|[[Armageddon]]||No, Whole Battlefield (Safe [[Spell immunity]] or likewise)|| 30 dmg (0.6x) || 60 dmg (1.2x)|| 120 dmg (2.4x) || 50 dmg / spell power point
|-
|[[Magic Arrow]]||Yes||10 dmg (1x)|| 20 dmg (2x) || 30 dmg (3x)|| 10 dmg / spell power point
|-
|[[Lightning Bolt]]||Yes||10 dmg (0.4x) || 20 dmg (0.8x)|| 50 dmg (2x) ||25 dmg / spell power point
|}

[[Death Ripple]] has less damage then the most simple direct damage single target spell [[Magic Arrow]], has double the cost and damages every nonundead unit.