This list aims to catalogue conditions which do not function as would be expected based on their tooltips, or which have other problems - or missing information - in their description, function, or location. This list is unlikely to be comprehensive as it is likely there are many issues with conditions of which we are unaware.
As this list deals with problems that have a high likelihood of being changed in patches and hotfixes, it is likely that entries will be incorrect following an update.
All entries are currently correct as of Hotfix 33.
Movement speed is not halved. Instead, movement cost is multiplied by 1.5.
This condition is removed when any action that does not result in a miss is made against the character, rather than when the character receives damage.
The in-game tooltip is incorrect based on the way the effect is coded, and reads as follows: "While Threatened, affected entity has a +2 bonus to damage with spells." However, having the Arcane Charge condition causes a creature to deal bonus spell damage against anyThreatened creature; the one with the condition does not necessarily need to be Threatened.
This condition uses Pacified (PACIFYING_SPORES) instead of Befuddled (TIMMASK_SPORES) as a parent. As a result, affected characters are stunned rather than behaving as if they were confused.
Stacks of this condition are removed in far more circumstances than they should be which makes it nearly impossible to accumulate stacks.
Whenever a condition of any type is removed from the Slayer, the number of stacks will decrement. Many features involve hidden technical conditions that are applied and removed frequently. In particular, every attack made with Extra Attack involves applying and removing hidden technical conditions which track the extra attacks. As a result, simply attacking causes the stacks to decrement, often immediately after acquiring the first stack.
Despite what the tooltip says, the nearby area is unaffected by this condition, and no difficult terrain is created. Only creatures hit directly by Nebulous Black Hole are Slowed by this condition.
Slow: Casting is non-functional and spells cast by slowed creatures will never be delayed.
Slow: Actions does not prevent a creature from making multiple attacks unless they somehow become Slowed between attacks on their own turn.
Resistance and vulnerability normally cancel each other out, but a character under Blade Ward is resistant to physical damage even if they would otherwise be vulnerable to it.
For example, a character with Stricken With Flesh Rot is vulnerable to all damage, but becomes resistant to physical damage instead while under Blade Ward, rather than the two effects cancelling out (for physical damage).
Similarly, a skeleton, which is normally vulnerable to Bludgeoning damage, becomes resistant to it instead while under Blade Ward, rather than the two effects cancelling out. Examining a skeleton like this, the UI states only the expected resistance Slashing and Piercing.
Thunder damage increases with the damage bonuses of the affected creature rather than the damage bonuses of the character who initially applied Booming Blade.
This condition lacks the Attributed(InventoryBound) code that is otherwise found on Bind Pact Weapon and Bind Hexed Weapon. Although this was (apparently) done to allow a bound weapon to be Thrown, it also has the side effect of allowing an Eldritch Knight to give their bound weapon to any other character to use to the same effect. Thus, others can equip a bound weapon and use it as if they had bound it themselves, even if they are not an Eldritch Knight. For example, one can use an Eldritch Knight Hireling to cast Weapon Bond on a weapon, give it to another character, and then remove the hireling from the active party and / or dismiss them. In this way a bound weapon can be used by any party member – until the next long rest.
The description regarding the Justiciar is incorrect. Targets affected by Call of the Dark Lady take an additional 4Necrotic damage when hit by Justiciar Crusaders in Umbral Form.
Only 1d4Necrotic is dealt to the affected creature each turn, and not 1d4Necrotic + 1d6Necrotic as stated in the damage tooltip.
The description is completely erroneous. Affected creatures do not become friendly to the charmer or their allies; only damage received from the charmer or its allies breaks the condition. The effects of this condition mirror Charmed, which is used as a parent.
The effect of Charmed (and this condition) is: cannot attack the spellcaster. The spellcaster has Advantage on CharismaChecks in dialogue.
Encrusted with Frost applies multiple times per attack with spells that are considered weapon attacks and include multiple DealDamage functions, such as Booming Blade and the various Smite spells.
This condition uses Compelled Duel as a parent but does not change the check which imposes Disadvantage on the attacker against anyone but the caster. As a result, the attacker will have Disadvantage against every target, even the caster of this effect.
As of Patch 5, Hotfix 17, it is possible to give the caster racial equipment bonuses for longer than intended by using the Mask of the Shapeshifter, taking the mask off, and long resting without removing the disguise. On waking up, the disguise is gone, but the racial bonuses on the equipment still affect the character. This only works for racial equipment bonuses, not racial dialogue options.
If the player character is disguised as a githyanki when talking to Shadowheart for the first time on the beach at the start of Act One they are awarded an extra 30 xp.
If a companion is disguised while at camp, they will remain where they were last placed when another companion or player character is selected, rather than automatically moving back to their tent, until they are moved again or a long rest is taken. This can be useful when seeking to apply conditions or spells with a limited radius, such as Aid.
The in-game description is not entirely correct: failing the DC 12 ConstitutionSaving Throw results in the entity becoming Frozen, whereas succeeding it causes it to take 1d4Cold damage. Contrary to what the description states, this damage is not halved.
This condition is removed after any attack roll against the affected creature within 3 m (10 ft), but the critical hit only applies if it is made within 2 m (7 ft). This means the effect will be wasted when attacking an affected creature with an extra reach weapon from maximum range.
The 2Piercing damage does not trigger effects requiring piercing damage, such as Prophecy: A Little Prick, because the piercing damage dealt to the enemy is from a passive effect placed on the enemy, rather than originating from the attacker which is necessary to trigger such effects.
Honour Mode changes the effect of this condition to a simple +2 to damage rolls, to ensure that it doesn't trigger damage riders. This causes it to adopt the original damage type of the attack, instead of always inflicting +2 piercing damage.
This additional damage also lacks a check for attack rolls, and thus adds damage to any source of damage.
Despite being stated that the goaded enemy will attack the caster, the enemy's AI does not change at all and may not prioritize attacking the goading creature if they leave the attacking range.
The tooltip for this condition states it has a Wisdom save, but no such on-turn saving throw exists.
A character under the effects of this condition has Disadvantage on all attack rolls, even against the source of the condition.
Hexblade's Curse includes a BoostContext check of OnAttack. Though this lacks an associated BoostConditions check, it causes a situation where the effect of this condition is inactive until the Warlock makes an initial attack. This is most noticeable after reloading a save file in which the Warlock already has Hexblade's Curse applied to an enemy.
Hoots' Hooch: Bad Breath is bugged. Enemies do not get the Nauseous effect. Instead, when a character with Hoots' Hooch: Bad Breath is hit with a melee attack, that character makes a CON save against "%%% Empty".
This condition correctly applies the IMPROVED_BARDIC_INSPIRATION status effect (+1d12). However, due to a coding error, this status condition also mistakenly assigns the base BardicInspiration resource tag (which defaults to a d6). The +1d12 bonus itself is passive and automatic, applying to the recipient's next Attack Roll, Ability Check, or Saving Throw; the only manual button involved is the unintended d6 reaction. How this bug manifests depends on whether the character has Bard levels:
Because Bards naturally have Bardic Inspiration as a class feature, their action bar is already designed to manage Bardic Inspiration charges, and the (bugged) extra d6 charge simply acts like a normal one: if they spend it, it depletes as expected, but it does not break on their action bar because Bards have the native ability to replenish their Bardic Inspiration pool on a Partial or Long Rest.
Non-bards do not have Bardic Inspiration as a class feature or resource pool. Therefore, this bug creates a temporary resource slot on their action bar to hold the single d6. Once they spend it, the game engine leaves this temporary slot on their action bar at 0/1 charges. Because non-bards have no class mechanic to refill Bardic Inspirations, the d6 slot sits as an unfillable "dead" icon until the intended +1d12 condition is consumed by an Attack Roll, Ability Check, Saving Throw, or a Long Rest.
Karlach deals two extra instances of 1d4Fire damage (for a total of 2d4) when making an Unarmed Strike with the Infernal Fury buff active. She deals this extra damage regardless of her class, raging status, and current hit points.
Karlach deals an extra instance of 1d4Fire damage when making a weapon attack when she is raging OR when she is below 25% of her Hit Points.
This stacks with itself, meaning she will deal two extra instances of 1d4Fire damage (for a total of 2d4) when making a weapon attack while Raging and below 25% Hit Points.
Since Legendary Resistance uses the IsFlatValueInterruptInteresting() function as a condition, it does not trigger when a saving throw rolls a 1 or a 20, even if the saving throw was failed by less than 10, due to a flaw in that function's code.
Werewolves are supposed to receive this condition when they are damaged and reduced below 30% hit points, but due to a context error, it instead requires the attacker to be below 30% hit points.
The tooltip references barbarians and ending Rage early, none of which apply to this condition.
The in-game description is inaccurate. It says, "The barbarian and all creatures within 3 m (10 ft) add their proficiency bonus to saving throws against spells." In reality, the bonus is 1d4 and it applies to all saving throws, not just against spells.
The in-game description is inaccurate. It says, "Adds their proficiency bonus to saving throws against spells." In reality, the bonus is 1d4 and it applies to all saving throws, not just against spells.
Despite the tooltip, Mental Fatigue can be stacked up to any arbitrary number on screen. The actual cap for the saving throw penalty appears to be -7.[verify]
This condition is immediately removed from a creature when it spends an action point and is only reapplied on the creature's following turn, effectively causing this condition to only grant the benefit of an additional action point each turn.
The in-game description says it doubles movement speed, but it actually increases it by 9 m (30 ft).
The in-game description says that Lethargic is applied when the condition ends, however this is not the case.
If Gale is revived from a Downed state (not Dead) by Revivify, Scroll of Revivify, or Scroll of True Resurrection he receives Necrotic Aura at the start of his next turn in combat (or after 6 seconds when out of combat) despite being alive due to a possibly miscoded script. See GLO_Origin_Gale_Death
Poison damage dealt to nearby creatures increases with the damage bonuses of the affected creature rather than the damage bonuses of the character who initially applied Noxious Fumes.
This can be cast multiple times on the same target to apply multiple instances of the condition at once. The critical hit threshold reduction, bonus damage, and healing effect from each application all stack with each other. The damage vulnerability does not stack this way.
The description incorrectly states it grants immunity to Charmed conditions but this is not true.
The description also incorrectly states that immunity to Frightened and Possessed is only against the listed creature types; in reality, it is against any source, not just the listed creature types.
Although the tooltip for this particular condition states Rage ends early if the barbarian hasn't attacked an enemy or taken damage since their last turn, it does not.
The tooltip erroneously claims that it blocks temporary hit points, however it does not block any specific source of temporary hit points currently used in-game.
Despite the description, no such mechanics exist to prevent Thunder-immune creatures from receiving Reverberation.
In real-time mode, none of the effects described for applying 5 or more turns occur but the duration is still capped at 5 turns.
If the saving throw against Prone triggers a reaction that requires player confirmation, the Prone condition will not be applied. This occurs regardless of the saving throw's outcome or whether the player chooses to use the reaction, and the roll itself will not appear in the Combat Log. Furthermore, if the saving throw is triggered by multiple sources of Reverberation simultaneously, the game may issue multiple consecutive reaction prompts. When this happens, the text normally identifying the involved entities will be missing from the prompts.
Creatures affected by Sanctuary can still be targeted with Blight, Chain Lightning, and Thorn Whip, due to these spells lacking the IsHarmful spell flag. For the same reason, a large number of NPC actions (for example, Sharp Rock) can target creatures that are affected by Sanctuary.
Neutral NPCs (yellow outlined) with Sanctuary can be targeted with attacks. This will still make them hostile, after which they are protected.
The description of this condition incorrectly states it provides the Right Behind You reaction. It does not, and instead provides the Splinter Shadow reaction.
When revived, this condition should force the affected character to spend each turn attacking the nearest creature (friend or foe). However, it is instantly removed from the wearer upon leaving the Downed state.
Gortash becomes immune to Fire damage as well, despite not being mentioned in the tooltip. This may be related to WYR_GORTASH_SHIELD_BUFF_TACTICIAN which is a condition that exists in the game files but is never applied and seems to have an incomplete definition. It was presumably meant to grant Gortash immunity to Thunder and Fire on Tactician and Honour difficulties only; instead, both immunities are granted by the regular version, which is applied across all difficulty modes.
The in-game tooltip specifies that Shriek applies the penalty to mental Saving Throws but it actually applies to all saving throws and attack rolls.
The 1d4Thunder damage does not trigger items or effects which require thunder damage, such as Hat of Storm Scion's Power, Gloves of Belligerent Skies, or Prophecy: Thunderous Applause regardless of whether the character triggering the damage has the item/effect or is the character activating Phalar Aluve: Shriek. This is because the thunder damage dealt to the enemy is from a passive effect placed on the enemy, rather than originating from the attacker which is necessary to trigger any such items or effect.
This effect is changed in Honour difficulty, and functions as expected.
The in-game tooltip states the effect provides a movement speed bonus of 1.5 m (5 ft), but it is actually 5 m (17 ft).
When applied to a weapon with the Thrown property, the effect is not lost on hitting an enemy with a Throw attack, and remains for the full duration. The damage is still added.
The in-game description of this effect says that the bonus is +3 to Dexterity checks and saving throws, but it is actually a +3 bonus to overall Dexterity score. This has a smaller impact on Dexterity checks and saving throws, but also increases AC.
The condition is flagged with the SG_Ignore_AOOStatus group, which prevents Balthazar from triggering Opportunity Attacks. This functionality is not stated in the description of the condition.
A creature will not be stunned if it has another passive feature which also triggers on taking damage (more precisely, any passive with an OnDamagedStatsFunctorContext). An example is Gortash with Invoke the Black Hand.
