Unholy Blight is a 3rd level priest spell usable by clerics of evil and neutral alignment and blackguards. It deals damage and inflicts roll penalties on all good creatures in its area of effect.
Description[]
| “ | This spell calls upon energy from the Negative Energy Plane in order to open a channel between it and the targets. The result is that any good creatures within the spell's area of effect take 1d4 points of damage per level of the caster, or half damage upon a successful Saving Throw vs. Spell. If the victims fail their Saving Throw, they also receive a -2 penalty to all their rolls for 4 rounds. | ” |
Gameplay[]
- This spell inflicts -2 penalties to all of the victim's saving throws and a +2 penalty to their THAC0.
- This spell's secondary effects are cumulative with multiple castings and stack with other roll penalties, such as Doom and Greater Malison.
- While this spell is roughly equivalent in power to Holy Smite, keep in mind that very few enemies in the series are actually good; this spell has very limited applications as a result.
Bugs[]
Baldur's Gate II:
Shadows of Amn (2000)
This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn campaign.Baldur's Gate II:
Throne of Bhaal (2001)
This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal campaign. In the original Shadows of Amn, this spell actually rolled its damage as d2's; for example, a level 15 cleric casting this spell would deal 30d2 damage instead of 15d4 as stated in the description. This caused the spell to deal more damage on average. This was fixed in the Enhanced Editions.
Notes[]
Mod content[]
- This section is about unofficial content that is only available via fan-made mods.
Spell Revisions mod has changed this Divine spell, revising its scaling and description. See below:
Unholy Blight
Level: 3
School: Necromancy
Sphere: Necromantic
Range: Long
Duration: Special
Casting Time: 3
Area of Effect: 20’ radius
Saving Throw: Special
With this spell the priest calls up unholy power to smite his enemies. The power takes the form of a chilling, cloying miasma of darkness. Opponents within the spell’s area of effect take 1d4 points of damage for every level of the caster (up to a maximum of 10d4), with a successful saving throw vs. spell for half. If the victim fails his save, then he will also receive a -2 penalty on his attack rolls and saving throws for 4 rounds.
External links[]
- Unholy Blight on the Icewind Dale Wiki, a wiki for the first Icewind Dale game.