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 and Honour difficulty, this damage is increased to 3d6⁠⁠Necrotic per spell level.
• If  Jaheira is wearing  Khalid's Gift, it grants immunity to this condition.
•  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 still trigger this, including:
  •  Luminous Arrow from Circle of the 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 it self cast, the caster takes (final) damage on casting.
• Although  Astarion is not generally considered Undead with respect to most effects, he is – possibly as a vampire avatar – immune to this condition.
• Spell rot 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.