What is a death ray?

[Dimirag]

Continual Light/Light: Make a Death Ray ST or goes blind.
Telekinesis: Death Ray ST to cancel spell
Web: Save vs Death Ray or gets entangled
Save vs Death Ray to avoid Becoming Lost

I can understand the "if you fall on the pit you die, so save vs Death" thing, but none of the above cases deals with immediately death...

[Solomoriah]

Well, as I've said, Death Ray is a sort of a catch-all. The name is just traditional.

[SnowflakeBlue]

Well, as I've said, Death Ray is a sort of a catch-all. The name is just traditional.

The name may be traditional but I'm not sure it is all that well known.

Might I suggest creating a dictionary with all the BFRPG terms. The index does a good job at this but it may be helpful to put all the terminology in one place.

It seems that this thread has turned into a discussion about saving throws. Maybe I should open a new thread named "What should be a saving throw?" or something like that.

I think people need to be aware that certain terminology can mean different things to different people. A lot of this just has to do with the different styles of D&D like games that different people have played.