Elemental Escalation (fire), level 17  2 posts / 0 new Last post
1) Does the ongoing damage type (fire) change if it's used with
an At-Will power that has an arcane admixture added on?  I.e. if
Elemental Bolt is dealing fire and cold, does the ongoing damage
become fire and cold?  2) Does the ongoing damage still count as
part of that attack when it hits later on?  Specifically, if the
answer to 1 is yes, does the vulnerability from Arcane Fire get
applied (because the damage would be part of that attack?)  Or
does it come out as a separate thing, in which case AF wouldn't
trigger, since it's not an attack power.  1)  Yes, as long as
what you've admixed is the at-will power.  The at-will power is
what is dealing the damage, including the ongoing damage, not
Elemental Escalation.   2)  It's part of the attack, but it
doesn't "hit later on."  "hit" means there was an attack roll
that met or exceeded a target's defense.  Ongoing damage doesn't
do that when it causes its damage.  And since it does not hit,
it doe