Destructive Wrath

Destructive Wrath is a reaction available to Tempest Domain clerics. This ability allows these clerics to maximise Thunder and Lightning damage rolls by expending a  Channel Divinity Charge.

Description

When you roll ⁠Thunder or ⁠Lightning damage, you can use your Channel Divinity to deal maximum damage instead.

Properties

Cost

 Channel Divinity Charge

Technical details

UIDs

Interrupt_DestructiveWrath

Reaction

DestructiveWrath

Passive feature which grants the reaction

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 2: Tempest Domain

Notes

• The reaction prompt will be shown before the attack roll of a triggering action is made. This means it may be wasted on an attack which ends up missing.
• Not every spell or action that deals lightning or thunder damage can trigger this reaction. Below is a list of player-accessible actions that work with Destructive Wrath.
  •  Arrow of Lightning
  •  Call Lightning /  Activate Call Lightning
  •  Chain Lightning
  •  Chromatic Orb /  Sphere of Elemental Balance (Thunder or lightning variants only)
  •  Divine Strike: Thunder (Ranged) but not  Divine Strike: Thunder (Melee)
  •  Heart of the Storm
  •  Lightning Arrow
  •  Lightning Bolt
  •  Lightning Breath
  •  Shatter /  Gong of the Summit
  •  Shocking Grasp /  Touch of the Storm
  •  Thunderous Smite
  •  Thunderwave /  Fist of Four Thunders
  •  Witch Bolt /  Activate Witch Bolt
  •  Wrath of the Storm
  •  Zephyr Flash but not  Zephyr Break
• Other actions, even if they deal lightning or thunder damage, cannot trigger Destructive Wrath. Notable examples include:
  •  Destructive Wave
  •  Booming Blade
  • Making a normal weapon attack with lightning or thunder damage riders

Bugs

• Destructive Wrath will trigger when casting the lightning or thunder variants of  Glyph of Warding, but the damage of the ward explosion is unaffected.
• The reaction will also trigger when casting some spells which deal no damage. Destructive Wrath will be wasted if used on these spells:
  •  Bolts of Doom
  •  Bone-shaking Thunder
  •  Conjure Elemental: Air Elemental
  •  Conjure Elemental: Air Myrmidon
  •  Conjure Elemental: Earth Elemental
  •  Conjure Elemental: Earth Myrmidon
  •  Conjure Minor Elemental: Mud Mephits
  •  Planar Ally: Djinni

External links

• ⁠Destructive wrath on the Forgotten Realms Wiki