How does the extra necrotic damage from the fallen Aasimar's Necrotic Shroud interact with spells like enervation and vampiric touch? Is that extra damage considered part of the spell damage and therefore grants healing for the necrotic shroud damage done?
I am fairly inexperienced with 5e, so trying to figure this all out before running a fallen Aasimar shadow sorcerer.
Hmm... I don't think it is, but not sure where in the rules it says one way or another. DM interpretation?
[Edit]It would make more sense if it was. Otherwise multiple bonus damage effects would be able to keep triggering each other if they counted as separate damage sources.
Enervation states: "Whenever the spell deals damage to a target, you regain hit points equal to half the amount of necrotic damage the target takes."
Vampiric Touch states: "On a hit, the target takes 3d6 necrotic damage, and you regain hit points equal to half the amount of necrotic damage dealt."
There is a Sage Advice detailing how Vampiric Touch interacts with the Death Domain cleric's Touch of Death, which allows them to deal extra necrotic damage on a melee hit. Therefore, unless your DM says otherwise, then the Aasimar's Necrotic Shroud should increase the healing you receive.
How does the extra necrotic damage from the fallen Aasimar's Necrotic Shroud interact with spells like enervation and vampiric touch? Is that extra damage considered part of the spell damage and therefore grants healing for the necrotic shroud damage done?
Necrotic Shroud adds extra Necrotic damage to the damage done by an attack or spell, and the spells' healing features are based on the total Necrotic damage dealt. Seems straight-forward that the answer to your question is "yes".
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While I agree that it seems straightforward, different rule systems handle things like this in different ways. I wasn't sure if the order of operations would play out more like, Enervation deals damage, you heal, then the Necrotic Shroud damage is added on. D&D seems to be more intuitive in how the rules apply, but I just wanted to make sure that others would read it as I would expect it to work.
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How does the extra necrotic damage from the fallen Aasimar's Necrotic Shroud interact with spells like enervation and vampiric touch? Is that extra damage considered part of the spell damage and therefore grants healing for the necrotic shroud damage done?
I am fairly inexperienced with 5e, so trying to figure this all out before running a fallen Aasimar shadow sorcerer.
Hmm... I
don'tthink it is, but not sure where in the rules it says one way or another. DM interpretation?[Edit]It would make more sense if it was. Otherwise multiple bonus damage effects would be able to keep triggering each other if they counted as separate damage sources.
Enervation states: "Whenever the spell deals damage to a target, you regain hit points equal to half the amount of necrotic damage the target takes."
Vampiric Touch states: "On a hit, the target takes 3d6 necrotic damage, and you regain hit points equal to half the amount of necrotic damage dealt."
There is a Sage Advice detailing how Vampiric Touch interacts with the Death Domain cleric's Touch of Death, which allows them to deal extra necrotic damage on a melee hit. Therefore, unless your DM says otherwise, then the Aasimar's Necrotic Shroud should increase the healing you receive.
Thanks. This is what I needed.
Necrotic Shroud adds extra Necrotic damage to the damage done by an attack or spell, and the spells' healing features are based on the total Necrotic damage dealt. Seems straight-forward that the answer to your question is "yes".
You don't know what fear is until you've witnessed a drunk bird divebombing you while carrying a screaming Kobold throwing fire anywhere and everywhere.
While I agree that it seems straightforward, different rule systems handle things like this in different ways. I wasn't sure if the order of operations would play out more like, Enervation deals damage, you heal, then the Necrotic Shroud damage is added on. D&D seems to be more intuitive in how the rules apply, but I just wanted to make sure that others would read it as I would expect it to work.