AWKWARD ZOMBIE

"She's this girl I...wanted to spend the rest of my life with."
I might be remembering that QC right.

Well it's actually more that evil aligned clerics get Inflict X Wounds instead of Cure X Wounds without preparing them . For the Energy Drain special ability Durkon would technically have to attack

Get powered up with...

He doesn't have to attack. Remember what Nale said two strips ago? He buys Elixirs of Negative Energy Protection because Sabine drains levels just by touching someone. Same thing with vampires and energy drain.

Except a Vamprie's energy drain ability is triggered on its slam attack or natural weapons dude. Durkon just tried to spontaneously cast Cure Moderate Wounds forgetting that evil characters spontaneously cast inflict instead. You can see his new spellcasting aura on both his hands and around Roy when he casts it. Its pretty obvious. Sabine drains levels on TOUCH because she is a Demon.

I could swear I've seen Malack heal someone before.

Found it: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0724.html

Might just be the staff though.

No Need For Bushido is updating again. Damn, that took a while.

Evil Clerics can still cast Cure spells, but they need to prepare them in advance.

Also there is a difference between succubus and vampire energy drain

Energy Drain (Su)

A succubus drains energy from a mortal it lures into some act of passion, or by simply planting a facebattle on the victim. If the target is not willing to be facebattled, the succubus must start a grapple, which provokes an attack of opportunity. The succubus’s facebattle or embrace bestows one negative level. The facebattle also has the effect of a suggestion spell, asking the victim to accept another facebattle from the succubus. The victim must succeed on a DC 21 Will save to negate the effect of the suggestion. The DC is 21 for the Fortitude save to remove a negative level. These save DCs are Charisma-based.

Blood Drain (Ex)

A vampire can suck blood from a living victim with its fangs by making a successful grapple check. If it pins the foe, it drains blood, dealing 1d4 points of Constitution drain each round the pin is maintained. On each such successful attack, the vampire gains 5 temporary hit points.

I just figured it was just a matter of touching a living target since pretty much every other undead has it that way in the comic, especially the wights.

Chapter 3 apbears to bear bearing a lot of bear puns.
Hephaestus looks cool.

They are special. Level drain is their shctick

Gunnerkrigg Court is now about Paz and Kat being adorable and therefore it is the most important webcomic.

shipping is the bane of all plot progression

shush you

I'm just saying, I've seen tons of people saying "can we just have paz and kat be the rest of the comic" and I think NO STOP YOU'VE ALREADY RUINED HOMESTUCK WITH THAT MENTALITY