A wizard enploys the Larloch's Minor Drain spell to drain the life force from a creature and add it to his own. Gorion's Ward may gain this spell as a special innate ability in Baldur's Gate during dreams 1 and 2 with a reputation of 9 or lower.
Description[]
| “ | Larloch's Minor Drain With this spell, the wizard drains the life force from a target and adds it to his own. The target creature suffers 4 damage, while the Mage gains 4 Hit Points. If the Mage goes over his maximum Hit Point total with this spell, he loses any extra Hit Points after 1 turn. |
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Gameplay[]
The caster directs this spell toward a single creature in range, use the targeting cursor to select the victim.
When the spell is finished a projectile speeds unerringly to the target causing a brief lighting effect and color fade upon the victim.
The victim suffers 4 points Magical damage, while the caster gains a 4 Hit point bonus applied to the caster's current hit point total.
If the hit point total exceeds the caster's maximum HP value, the excess HP are temporary and last 1 turn - a sound effect is audibled to signify when this occurs.
The spell does not work against most undead enemies.
The projectile moves very quickly, which makes it great to interrupt hostile spellcasters (and unlike Magic Missile it is not blocked by the Shield spell).
Larloch's minor drain can be blocked by Magic resistance and spell protections that intercept level 1 Power level effects, such as this spell. For example, a Minor Spell Deflection or Minor Globe of Invulnerability will block it.
A Spell immunity: Necromancy will negate this spell.
Where to obtain the scroll[]
The Black Pits[]
Sold by[]
- Dinguer the Mad (×5)
Baldur's Gate[]
Shadows of Amn[]
Throne of Bhaal[]
See also[]
The Bastard Sword Foebane +5 (the upgraded version) casts' a version of Larloch's Minor Drain on each successful hit. The sword's cast spell is not SPWI119.spl but SPIN104A.spl. The innate spell version bypasses Magic resistance. It is also missing the coding to ensure it won't affect undead. It needs to be fixed by Beamdog, and it has already been reported as of version 2.6.6.
Trivia[]
Larloch's Minor Drain spell is not included in the available spells for Wizards to access in the Advanced Dungeon's and Dragons 2nd Edition ruleset - this is a spell that was devised by Larloch the Lich king and isn't released to learn by the general mage community.
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Mod content[]
This section is about unofficial content that is only available via fan-made mods.
Spell Revisions mod has changed this arcane spell, revising its effects and scaling. See below for description:
Larloch’s Minor Drain
Level: 1
School: Necromancy
Range: Long
Duration: Special
Casting Time: 1
Area of Effect: 1 creature
Saving Throw: None
With this spell, the wizard drains the life force from a target and adds it to his own. The target creature suffers 2 points of damage, while the mage gains 2 hit points. For every two extra levels of the caster, the draining is augmented by 2 points (up to a maximum of 10 points at 9th level). If the mage goes over his maximum hit point total with this spell, he loses it after 1 turn.
External links[]
- Larloch's minor drain on the Forgotten Realms Wiki, a wiki for the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Forgotten Realms.
- Larloch's Minor Drain on the Icewind Dale Wiki, a wiki for the first Icewind Dale game.