Died before taking fatal damage?!?

[Delmuir]

A worm that walks hit me with a carrion worm, leaving me on the verge of death but not dead. I had available shields and heals but chose to clear some status effects first and so I used a supposedly instant shattering run. Then I died.

WTF?

The log said "I used shattering rune then carrion worm burst out... then I'm free of the carrion worm" and then it listed my sustains shutting down and then it said I had three lives left and only then did it note that the worm that walks hit me for fatal damage."

What happened here?

[whitelion]

If you clear Worm Rot, there's still a chance for the blight explosion to happen and a carrion worm mass to hatch. I assume you triggered that instantly with your shatter rune.

[Delmuir]

That seems plausible enough (not sure that's what happened but...) but that's not what it looks like in the log and that's my issue. The log's record of damage is not particularly helpful, especially in this situation.

[Tradewind_Rider]

Be aware, some effects on DEACTIVATE are dealing damage to you.

Worm Rot is one of them yes:

"If not cleared after five turns it will inflict 100, 136, 163, 187, 207 blight damage as the larvae hatch, removing the effect but spawning a full grown carrion worm mass near the target's location."

-- this means, after the duration is over, the effect on DEACTIVATE deals damage to you

"Even if this disease is removed early, there is still a 27%, 54%, 75%, 92%, 100% chance for the larvae to hatch."

-- this means, even if you clear/lose the effect earlier, the effect will deal you that blight damage (it has a % chance).


There are more effects that deals damage on deactivate, e.g. Corrosive Worm, Explosive Saw or Mark for Death (but this is no_npc_use).

So be aware with Reavers, Corruptors & Sawbutchers.

[Delmuir]

I appreciate this. I just wish the log was a big more helpful.