Touch of Death: Difference between revisions

* Matsuri's [[Inherent Gift]] in ''[[Sola]]'' is the ability to rapidly decay anything she touches (if she chooses). Takashi freezes in place when she grabs hold of his arm during one of their battles.

* Scar's body destruction technique in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. It's explained as being incomplete alchemy- - alchemy is in three parts, analysis, disintegration, and reintegration; Scar stops at the second step. Edward does the same while fighting the Slasher Brothers.

* The title character of ''[[ARAGO]]'' picked up this ability from a supernatural [[Serial Killer]], but has failed to find a way to turn it off. So far he's not angsting much about it, since it helps him fight other monsters, but it's a bit inconvenient, to say the least. (It's decay-based and works on anything organic, though it's slow-acting enough that he's been on the wrong end of an [[Armor-Piercing Slap]] <s>without doing any</s> with only minimal damage to the slapper's hand.)

* ''[[One Piece]]'': Crocodile from One Piece arguably has this ability. His touch doesn't cause ''instant'' death, but he can dehydrate you pretty quickly.

== Tabletop Games ==

 

** Earlier versions have a few spells that do this (such as Slay Living, the evil reverse of the 5th-level Raise Dead for clerics), as well as the Quivering Palm ability of the Monk, which allowed the monk to simply will the death of the target for some time afterward. The downside is you can only use it once per week. Thanks a lot, Wizards!

** Although Monks in 4th edition have no instant [[Touch of Death]] attacks, Quivering Palm returns as a highest-level once-per-day power that does high damage and ongoing damage that gets worse with each failed saving throw.

* ''[[Pokémon]]'': Horn Drill, Fissure, Guillotine and Sheer Cold games (30% Acc, but opponent faints instantly if hit).

* ''[[Dragon Quest VI]]'' The Strike Weakness skill is a pure example of this.

* ''[[Nethack]]'':

** The Touch of Death as a spell used by high-level spell casting monsters, and a more potent version by [[The Grim Reaper|Death himself]]. Unlike the other versions, this one is unlikely to kill a well-prepared adventurer.