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Annie Other Jan 26 @ 10:36am
Spell Rot: Eldritch Blast is not a spell???
Just wondering...

It's a Cantrip, yes, but I'm still surprised it doesn't cause the caster to take damage.
I see why Light Cleric's Radiance of the Dawn does not count as spell here (just love that one), but I thought...
I avoided casting during that fight, including Smite and such, but forgot about that when it was Wyll's turn.
Much to my own surprise, it didn't harm him.
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Originally posted by FunkyMonkey:
Originally posted by Annie Other:
Just wondering...

It's a Cantrip, yes, but I'm still surprised it doesn't cause the caster to take damage.
I see why Light Cleric's Radiance of the Dawn does not count as spell here (just love that one), but I thought...
I avoided casting during that fight, including Smite and such, but forgot about that when it was Wyll's turn.
Much to my own surprise, it didn't harm him.
If I recall correctly, spell rot does damage based on the level of the spell you cast. Because cantrips are often treated as "level 0" spells in terms of game mechanics, that might be the reason it doesn't do damage, since 0 times x is always 0.
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FunkyMonkey Jan 26 @ 10:49am 
Originally posted by Annie Other:
Just wondering...

It's a Cantrip, yes, but I'm still surprised it doesn't cause the caster to take damage.
I see why Light Cleric's Radiance of the Dawn does not count as spell here (just love that one), but I thought...
I avoided casting during that fight, including Smite and such, but forgot about that when it was Wyll's turn.
Much to my own surprise, it didn't harm him.
If I recall correctly, spell rot does damage based on the level of the spell you cast. Because cantrips are often treated as "level 0" spells in terms of game mechanics, that might be the reason it doesn't do damage, since 0 times x is always 0.
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Annie Other Jan 26 @ 11:00am 
Thank you very much, so that's why.
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Raz Jan 26 @ 11:20am 
Originally posted by FunkyMonkey:
Originally posted by Annie Other:
Just wondering...

It's a Cantrip, yes, but I'm still surprised it doesn't cause the caster to take damage.
I see why Light Cleric's Radiance of the Dawn does not count as spell here (just love that one), but I thought...
I avoided casting during that fight, including Smite and such, but forgot about that when it was Wyll's turn.
Much to my own surprise, it didn't harm him.
If I recall correctly, spell rot does damage based on the level of the spell you cast. Because cantrips are often treated as "level 0" spells in terms of game mechanics, that might be the reason it doesn't do damage, since 0 times x is always 0.

Which is confusing because there are some effects that treat Cantrips as Spell Lv1 like Metamagic.
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