Power Word Kill

Power Word: Kill

A targeted kill tool for the Director that defeats one or more tokens instantly, respecting squad stamina breakpoints.

Running Power Word: Kill

Power Word: Kill is macro-only. Run the Power Word: Kill macro from the DSCT compendium. There is no toolbar button.

Visual coming soon

Selection UI

When the macro runs:

1. The canvas dims and X-marks appear on eligible tokens.
2. Click tokens to select them for defeat.
3. Press Enter or double-click to confirm.
4. Press Escape or right-click to cancel.

Eligible targets are NPCs and minions in active combat. Heroes and retainer actors are excluded.

Squad Breakpoint Logic

For minion squads, DSCT calculates the minimum number of minions that must die to break the squad's current stamina tier. The required minions are locked (auto-selected and shown in orange). You can select additional minions beyond the locked ones if you want to kill more.

Three-way eligibility logic:

Situation	Behavior
Exact stamina match	One minion is auto-killed instantly (the "One Must Die" case)
Most-damaged minions clearly identified	Locked minions are the most-damaged; you pick any extras
Ambiguous	Locked minions are fixed; you choose which additional targets to include

After Defeat

Each killed token goes through the normal death process: defeated condition, skull tile, health bar hidden, and a chat message. A "Power Word: Kill" notification appears on screen. The kill is undoable via the chat message button.

Settings

There are no dedicated settings for Power Word: Kill. The Death Tracker master toggle must be enabled.

Notes

• Power Word: Kill is intended for the Director only. It is not exposed to players.
• Running PWK while the kill lock is active (e.g., during an ongoing death animation) will queue the command and execute it when the lock clears.