Spell Rot (Condition)

Spell Rot

• Unless you are Undead, each time you cast a spell you receive 2d6⁠⁠Necrotic damage per spell level.

 Cursed

Properties

 Stack ID: LOW_ANCIENTLAIR_CURSE

 Status groups: SG_Cursed

 If already applied: replace current

Condition: Spell Rot Necrosis

 Spell Rot Necrosis

Duration: 1 turn

• You receied 2d6⁠⁠Necrotic for casting a level x spell while you have  Spell Rot.

Notes

• For Tactician difficulty, this damage is increased to 3d6⁠⁠Necrotic per spell level.
• This condition is prevented for  Jaheira if she is wearing  Khalid's Gift.
•  Shield does not trigger the damage.
• Cantrips and spells which use class resources (such as  Radiance of the Dawn) do not trigger the damage, as they inherently do not have levels.
• Spells cast for free thanks to features like  Arcane Battery are still treated as being cast at the chosen level.
• Various abilities that are not typically thought of as spells can still trigger this, including:
  •  Luminous Arrow from Circle of Stars Druid, which counts as a level 1 spell
  •  Divine Smite, which triggers the damage even if the associated attack misses
• Fast traveling to another area before leaving the Lair, such as Rivington, does not remove Spell Rot.
•  Remove Curse removes Spell Rot. However, if self cast, the caster takes (final) damage on casting.
• Although  Astarion is not generally considered Undead with respect to most effects, he does – as a vampire avatar – appear to be immune to this condition.
• Spell rot that is applied in the Ancient Lair is automatically removed when exiting back out through the passageway.

Conditions with the same stack ID

Conditions with the stack ID LOW_ANCIENTLAIR_CURSE, only one of these can be applied at the same time:

Condition	Effects
Spell Rot	Unless you are Undead, each time you cast a spell you receive 2d6⁠⁠Necrotic damage per spell level.

Sources of Spell Rot

• Affects characters while they are in the Ancient Lair.