Offensive damage is a secondary spell type[1], a characteristic of spells, abilities and weapon on-hit side effects. While secondary types are hidden from the player, some of them can be leveraged to better attack or defend. When it comes to the offensive damage type, there is only one way to target it: The Cloak of Mirroring. It grants immunity to all attacks of this type unless they were cast by the wearer.
List of offensive damage attacks[]
Despite the name, not all attacks that deal damage have this secondary type, and some attacks have it that deal no damage. The list below is quite thorough:
- Abazigal Shockwave
- Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting
- Absorb Health
- Agannazar's Scorcher
- Black Blade of Disaster
- Bolt of Glory
- Burning Hands
- Call Lightning
- Cause Critical Wounds
- Cause Serious Wounds
- Chain Lightning
- Chain Lightning (Avenger)
- Chromatic Orb
- Cone of Cold
- Death Spell
- Delayed Blast Fireball
- Demilich Howl
- Detonate
- Disintegrate
- Dolorous Decay
- Energy Blade
- Finger of Death (priest)
- Finger of Death (wizard)
- Fire Bolt
- Fire Seed
- Fire Storm
- Fireball
- Fireball (innate)
- Flame Arrow
- Flame Jet
- Flame Strike
- Glass Dust
- Glyph of Warding
- Green Dragon Breath
- Harm
- Holy Smite
- Ice Storm
- Larloch's Minor Drain
- Level Drain (Aesgareth)
- Lightning Bolt
- Lightning Bolt (Mephit)
- Magic Missile
- Magical Stone
- Magma Ball
- Melf's Acid Arrow
- Melf's Minute Meteor
- Meteor Swarm
- Phantom Blade
- Poison (spell)
- Power Word, Kill
- Prismatic Spray
- Psionic Disintegrate
- Psionic Life Drain
- Red Dragon Breath
- Scalding Steam
- Searing Orb
- Set Special Snare
- Shocking Grasp
- Skull Trap
- Skull Trap (Skull Explode)
- Slay Living
- Special Snare (SPIN415.SPL)
- Spirit Fire
- Storm of Vengeance
- Sun Soulbeam
- Sunfire
- Sunray
- Symbol, Death (priest)
- Symbol, Death (wizard)
- The Brick
- The Visage
- Unholy Blight
- Vitality Drain (Aesgareth)
- Wail of the Banshee
- Wand of Whips
- Wish
- Wish: Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting on all
- Abazigal: Blue Dragon Lightning Breath
- Amelyssan: Bone Blades barrier
- Beholder kin: Death Ray
- Beholder kin: Flesh to Stone
- Bone Blade: Weapon on-hit effects
- Burning Man: Cinder Shower
- Baldur's Gate I & II Classic
This icon indicates content from all original Baldur's Gate games, extensions included. Comet - Demilich: Demilich Howl
- Dolrassa: Divine Retribution
- Dragon: Green Dragon Breath
- Baldur's Gate I & II Classic
This icon indicates content from all original Baldur's Gate games, extensions included. Dragon's Breath - Eagle Eye: All attacks
- Flaming Skull: All attacks
- Fll'Yissetat: Green Dragon Breath
- Ixthezzys: Divine Retribution
- Shade Lord: Level Drain
- Baldur's Gate I & II Classic
This icon indicates content from all original Baldur's Gate games, extensions included. Symbol, Stun (priest) - etc.
Footnotes[]
- ↑ The primary type is the spell school.
Mod content[]
Sword Coast Stratagems and Spell Revisions mod make changes to Dragon Breath weapon attacks and ensure the breath spell school is "Generalist Mage" and "Secondary Type" is "None". This means that they are not offensive damage, or magical attack types any longer with these mods installed. Spell Immunity and items that guard against secondary type classifications have no effect on Dragon Breath attacks. Other examples may include Spell Shield or the Cloak of Mirroring.
Demilich howl also has no secondary type assigned with those mods.