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

Sources of Spell Rot

• Affects characters while they are in the Ancient Lair.

Notes

• For Tactician and Honour difficulty, this damage is increased to 3d6⁠⁠Necrotic per spell level.
• Removed automatically on exiting the Ancient Lair through the passageway. Fast traveling to another area before leaving the Lair does not remove this condition.
•  Remove Curse removes this condition
•  Astarion and  Jaheira (if she is wearing  Khalid's Gift) are immune to this condition.
• Cantrips and spells that use class resources (such as  Radiance of the Dawn) do not trigger the damage, as they inherently do not have levels.
•  Shield does not trigger damage.
• Abilities that the player may not expect to trigger damage, but still do include:
  •  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
  • Spells cast for free thanks to features like  Arcane Battery