Enervation.
- Thread starter kirstar
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Li Shenron
Legend
I think that
(1) hit point damage
(2) ability damage
(3) negative levels
pretty much always stack, even from multiple copies of the same spell.
But I cannot find the relevant part under Energy Drain in the SRD...
(1) hit point damage
(2) ability damage
(3) negative levels
pretty much always stack, even from multiple copies of the same spell.
But I cannot find the relevant part under Energy Drain in the SRD...
pallandrome
First Post
Actually, I got no rules to quote, but I'm pretty sure multiple rays of enfeeblement don't stack. For example.
Brother MacLaren
Explorer
It says "negative levels stack" right in the spell description of Enervation. Makes this spell extremely nasty, especially with metamagic.
Multiple Rays of Enfeeblement don't stack because the spell doesn't do ability damage (it imposes a penalty, similar to Bestow Curse).
Multiple Poison spells would do stacking Con damage.
Multiple Rays of Enfeeblement don't stack because the spell doesn't do ability damage (it imposes a penalty, similar to Bestow Curse).
Multiple Poison spells would do stacking Con damage.
kirstar
First Post
thats what I thought. I know negative levels usually stack, but enervation seems to me like ray of enfeeblement etc in that only the best effect works.
I was going to ask on the wizards forum, but they are a bunch of cheese eating power munchkins and would start screaming that their metamagiced up the wahooie twined doubled purple glowly with poker dotted enervations for 700 negative levels for a 1st level spell would no longer work.....
I was going to ask on the wizards forum, but they are a bunch of cheese eating power munchkins and would start screaming that their metamagiced up the wahooie twined doubled purple glowly with poker dotted enervations for 700 negative levels for a 1st level spell would no longer work.....
lukelightning
First Post
You know what makes me cry? Casting a sudden-maximized, empowered enervation and rolling a 2 to hit. waaaaah!
frankthedm
First Post
Oh, they stack.kirstar said:
Some feel that the negative levels enervation deals only inflict the penalties detailed in the PHB spell write up.
Others feel the spell inflicts all penalties listed under negative levels for the duration of the spell. raises hand
Some also feel those drained to 0 levels will rise the next night as a wight. raises hand
Others claim wight spawning only happens when a creature does the energy drain.
Infiniti2000
First Post
And still others just ban enervation. raises hand 
lukelightning
First Post
Frankthedm: I think it's clear that since the spell can kill things from negative levels then the creature does come back as a wight. Meaning a wizard can make a mob of wights in no time! (get a bunch of 1hd prisoners in a pit. Ennervate one. Next day you have a wight that proceeds to drain the others...)
