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Your AoE dmg spell should not fail if your target dies before you firing the AoE spell.
However the new skill of blood magic - Oppressive Gaze, doesn't work this way. It fails to fire in this case.
I believe it's a bug or design flaw.
Originally Posted by ManMadeGod
Found one more!
Reckless Haste - AoE Hex that will fail to cast this way also.
Look at suffering, Foc...etc. All AoE spell should base on the same design.
PS:
The update info of AoE( July 13, 2005)
Fixed the following area-of-effect (AOE) spells so that they are no longer cancelled if the target dies while you are casting them: Chaos Storm, Deep Freeze, Desecrate Enchantments, Earthquake, Enfeebling Blood, Eruption, Feast of Corruption, Fireball, Ice Spikes, Maelstrom, Meteor, Meteor Storm, Panic, Phoenix, Plague Sending, Rodgort's Invocation, Rust, Searing Heat, Shadow of Fear, Soothing Images, Suffering