Damage via effect (flaming sphere etc.) how does it work?

[brehobit]

OK,
Consider abilities that do damage via an effect or side effect. Things like flaming sphere (those adjacent to the sphere take d4+int damage) or the sorcerer power flame spiral (Effect: Until the start of your next turn, any enemy that enters a square adjacent to you or starts its turn there takes 1d6 fire damage.).

Do you add all your bonus damage to these effects? So implement, sorcerer bonus damage, etc.? Same with the fighter stances that do [W] damage to everyone adjacent?

I know that things that do fixed damage don't generally get the bonuses, and I've always assumed that any die roll does (as a damage die roll) but in many cases this seems like a LOT of damage to be dealing out. (My level 5 wizard would be doing d4+11 damage to all adjacent with flaming sphere for example, which is pretty gross for auto damage).

Is there an FAQ entry or anything else that clarifies this? DDI doesn't ever compute this stuff for you so...

 

[Aulirophile]

RC page 222, if a power gets a bonus to damage rolls, all damage rolls in the power get the bonus.

Generally it is easy. Damage roll? Yes. Power has Implement keyword? Yes. You get Implement bonuses. Sorcerer's are a good example of other keywords mattering. Power has Arcane keyword, Power has Damage Roll? You get Sorcerous Power.

Some damage roll modifiers require a hit. Those don't work with auto-damage.

Flaming Sphere is good, yeah, most auto-damage is. Wizard dailies in general are encounter-changing... sort of the point, actually. How is your Wizard doing 11 anyway? 5 from Int, 1-2 from Enhance, 1 from Implement Focus, 1 from the Tiefling Racial feat, 1 from a Shard? Missing something there. Ahhh, I sort of miss my Epic Genasi Blaster whose mods were just over 50.

See the PHB2 FAQ on Explosive Pyre for the oldest instance of this ruling (2 years old now).

5. With a power like Explosive Pyre do I add my implement bonus to extra damage rolled when and enemy enters a square adjacent to the target?

Yes, each time you for roll damage with an implement power you add your enhancement bonus.
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