Necrotic Charge
Force power · At-will · Dark
power-typeForcelevel0alignmentDarkconcentration
Tweaked from 5eYou already know this as 5e Inflict Wounds (likely) — Like Inflict Wounds it's a melee strike that pumps necrotic damage into one target, but it's an at-will cantrip that rides on a regular weapon attack and makes you take some of the necrotic damage yourself rather than a one-shot 1st-level spell. ✨
Strike a foe with necrotic energy — optionally deal yourself up to 1d8 unreducible necrotic damage to also deal it to the target.
Damage
●○○breadth · costs your own HP
TargetingSingle
Use whenyou are willing to trade hit points for extra burst damage on a melee hit
ScalingAt 5th level adds 1d8 necrotic on hit and optional self-damage rises to 2d8; both increase by 1d8 at 11th and 17th.
!A dark-side power — repeated casting carries a corruption cost; the self-damage cannot be reduced or negated in any way.
necroticenergy
Pairs withdark-side melee build · high-HP tank caster · Lightning Charge for dark combo
As part of the action used to cast this power, you must make a melee weapon attack against one creature within your reach, otherwise the power fails. On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects, and you can choose to deal up to 1d8 of necrotic damage, which you suffer as well. This damage can't be reduced or negated in any way.
This power's damage increases when you reach higher levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 necrotic damage to the target, and you can increase the secondary damage to 2d8. Both damage rolls increase by 1d8 at 11th level and 17th level.
- Casting Period
- 1 action
- Range
- Varies
- Duration
- 1 round
- Concentration
- No