SRD:Death Attack

Death Attack
In most cases, a death attack allows the victim a Fortitude save to avoid the affect, but if the save fails, the character dies instantly.


 * Raise dead doesn’t work on someone killed by a death attack.
 * Death attacks slay instantly. A victim cannot be made stable and thereby kept alive.
 * In case it matters, a dead character, no matter how she died, has –10 hit points.
 * The spell death ward protects a character against these attacks.