Touch of Death

See also: Channel Divinity: Touch of Death

Touch of Death is a Death Domain Cleric reaction which allows the user to deal extra ⁠Necrotic damage after a melee attack.

Description

When hitting a creature with a melee attack, Channel Divinity Charges can be used to deal extra ⁠Necrotic damage.

Properties

Cost:

 Channel Divinity Charge

Damage:

5 + 2 × (Cleric level) ⁠Necrotic

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 2: Death Domain

Notes

• This can trigger from any melee attack roll, including spells which require a melee attack roll, such as  Inflict Wounds and  Vampiric Touch.
  • When used with  Vampiric Touch, this bonus damage does not increase the siphoned healing amount.
  • Any spell with an attack roll can trigger this effect if cast while  Daredevil Proximity is active, allowing  Bone Chill to trigger Touch of Death on both targets if the character has 2  Channel Divinity Charges.

Bugs

• The tooltip incorrectly displays the bonus damage as 5 + 2d12⁠⁠Necrotic at all Cleric levels. Surprisingly, it is displayed correctly in the Combat Log.