Neat . .

[Asha]

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You notice a hunch-backed dogmatist.
Also here: X
Obvious exits: north, southwest
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X gestures at a hunch-backed dogmatist.
X concentrates intently on a hunch-backed dogmatist, and a pulse of pearlescent energy ripples toward her!
CS: +346 - TD: +283 + CvA: +20 + d100: +79 == +162
Warding failed!
The hunch-backed dogmatist shudders with sporadic convulsions as pearlescent ripples envelop her body.
The hunch-backed dogmatist is crushed for 65 points of damage!
... 35 points of damage!
Massive blow to temple drops the hunch-backed dogmatist in its tracks!
The hunch-backed dogmatist awkwardly staggers backwards, falling to her knees. "Why hast ye forsaken me m'lord, served you well I did!" beckons the dogmatist in a desperate prayer.

A deafening explosion rocks the area as a beam of light shines down from high above and onto the dogmatist. The hunch-backed dogmatist appears rejuvenated!
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X searches a hunch-backed dogmatist.
The opalescent aura fades from around a hunch-backed dogmatist.
A hunch-backed dogmatist crumbles in upon herself, her skin flaking away as if it only served as an outer shell.

Wow, no clue you could search a living dogmatist resulting in its death.
Unless I've totally missed something . . again.

[Syberus]

If you search them fast enough after the intial death they stay dead even if they're brought back to life, I think it's probably a bug, but it's been there at least since I hunted them in gs3