Lightning Charges (Condition)

This article is about the condition. For items that grant or interact with it, see Sparkstruck set.

Lightning Charges

• Lightning courses through you. You have +1 to Attack Rolls and deal an additional 1⁠⁠Lightning damage.
• If you gain 5 charges, they are consumed the next time you deal damage, and you deal an additional 1d8⁠⁠LightningDRS damage.
• You lose 1 charge per turn.

Properties

 Stack ID: MAG_CHARGED_LIGHTNING

 Loses duration: start of turn

 If already applied: add to duration

Notes

• The extra damage is added to Falling damage if the falling creature was shoved or pushed by someone with Lightning Charges.
• Enemies with lightning resistance do not receive the additional 1 ⁠Lightning damage.
• Patch #3 changed how Lightning Charge damages enemies:
  • For Area of Effect spells such as Shatter, the Lightning Charge damage is now dealt to every target hit.
  • For spells with two damage components such as Ice Knife or Ice Storm, Lightning Charge damage is added to every component that damages a target.
  • Draconic Bloodline Sorcerers with a Lightning Ancestor can no longer increase the Lightning charge damage through Elemental Affinity.

Bugs

• The hidden technical condition which applies the lightning damage also triggers  Arcane Echomalefaction and  Coldbrim Chill against enemy targets.

Sources of Lightning Charges

• Crackling with Kereska's Lightning
•  Conductive Strikes
•  Electric Blood
•  Electric Veins
•  Speedy Sparks
•  Watersparks