Elemental weapon works, but yields no extra dmg for minions

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Soon
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Elemental weapon works, but yields no extra dmg for minions

Post by Soon » Mon Apr 25, 2022 10:36 am

Description
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Casting elemental weapon on a minion (in this case a Mordenkainen's Disjunction sword-bot, who holds an unenchanted greatsword) works - but doesn't seem to give any extra damage. The spell is completed, the sword becomes engulfed in fire, but sword attacks don't do any additional fire damage.

Steps to reproduce
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See above. I've noticed it both out in the wild, and also tested it up the Dueling Grounds of the Arcane Tower. On the spell reflect dummies and the illusory foe.


Expected result
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Massive fire damage attacks


Actual result
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No fire damage attacks

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Computer (macOS Catalina)

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Re: Elemental weapon works, but yields no extra dmg for minions

Post by chris a gogo » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:10 pm

It's due to the on hit effect not firing on summons this has been reported a few times seems there isn't a good work around or it's just not a priority.

It is also hit by the GMW debuff so if you cast it on a lower level character it uses there level to alter the spell effect.
Only use for it now is to make the summons sword look cool enjoy.

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Re: Elemental weapon works, but yields no extra dmg for minions

Post by Soon » Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:04 pm

Hmm, I'm not sure it never ever works on summons. Before I had my Mord's-knight I had a tyrantfog zombie and then a zombie warrior, and Elemental Weapon fine for them. I could see it dealing fire damage to enemies when my zombies attacked.

Maybe it's related to weapon type or type of weapon damage. Tyrantfog zombie has a mace iirc while the greatsword is obviously slashing dmg.

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Re: Elemental weapon works, but yields no extra dmg for minions

Post by Kalopsia » Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:14 pm

I have an idea for a fix, will have a closer look this week.

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Re: Elemental weapon works, but yields no extra dmg for minions

Post by Kalopsia » Fri Apr 29, 2022 10:42 am

A fix is in the pipeline!

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Re: Elemental weapon works, but yields no extra dmg for minions

Post by Soon » Sat Apr 30, 2022 10:04 am

Cheers Kalopsia! Thanks a lot :) Have a nice weekend.

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Re: Elemental weapon works, but yields no extra dmg for minions

Post by Soon » Sat Apr 30, 2022 9:06 pm

Can confirm that it seems to work now.

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