Utterdark Blast

[Valhalla]

This Dark-level Warlock invocation (i.e. level 16+), does negative energy damage.

However, this negative energy damage appears to behave differently from every other form of negative energy damage in the game and does not heal undead.

I assume this is intentional due to the unlimited nature of warlock invocations?

Any chance of this changing in the future?

[thaelis]

Does it just do nothing or does it damage them? If its half magical/half negative then it should cancel to zero effect.

[wangxiuming]

At least according to both the NWN2wiki and Complete Arcane, it should do negative energy damage that heals undead. There's no mention of it being half-magical/half-negative.

[Valhalla]

Having used the spell on living folks, it does pure negative energy damage.


I've tested it a bit more thoroughly now:

On NPC undead (Cold Bones, Frozen Bones): Dealt actual damage despite being negative energy.

On PC Undead (Ruby): Did 0 damage.

I'll test it a bit more thoroughly on NPCs I know are undead, like a Death Knight summon, then post here again.

[KingArthur]

NwN2 handles negative energy a very strange way. Only 'Some' forms of it in a spell heal undead. I have had this problem before, on many spells. An example would be another time (Another server) A warlock had a 'chain' version of negative energy, it healed all undead, but his blasts, didn't- some even damaged them.

I know it stinks- a mage could polymorph into the undead creature (Night walker) and you could heal'em with it . Or, a vampire.

[Talleyman99]

beyond the "inflict" spells negative energy effects just to 0 to undead. the "inflicts" and "harm" heal undead. Things like negative energy traps and those effects just do 0

[Dispater]

It is supposed to heal them, but with DEV staff as slim as it is.. Unless this is an 'easy' fix, don't count on this being high on the list.

[Valhalla]

Yep, this is really in no way important. Plenty of other good Dark Invocations so I'm not stressing over it, just wanted to bring it up in case it was a simple quick fix.

Thanks!