Original Sin 2 Pyrokinetic

For information about Pyrokinetic ability in Divinity: Original Sin, see Pyrokinetic (Original Sin).

Pyrokinetic is a combat ability, utilising magic known as pyrokinesis and essential for memorising and casting pyrokinetic spells in Divinity: Original Sin II.

Description

Characteristics

Pyrokinetic combat ability focuses on dealing fire damage, which is resisted by Magic Armour and Fire Resistance. Magic Armour prevents negative status effects from affecting characters whereas Fire Resistance directly lowers fire damage done. The reduction is based on percentage, therefore character with + 10 % fire resistance will receive 10 % less fire damage.

Pyrokinetic on its own offers 4 support spells, 1 summoning spell and 10 offensive spells. Craftable spells that include pyrokinetic offer 5 support (2 are incarnate infusions) and 7 offensive spells. Overall Pyrokinetic offers 9 support spells, 17 offensive spells and 1 summon spell.

Most notable support spells are Haste and Peace of Mind since these provide some of the most useful status effects and boons.

Pyrokinetic ability on its own increases fire damage from all source by 5 % per each point invested. Note that in order to learn all Pyrokinetic spells, the character needs 5 points in Pyrokinetic (either by investment or by bonuses from items).

Fire Damage increase per point in Pyrokinetic

Level	Damage Boost (%)	Level	Damage Boost (%)
1	5	2	10
3	15	4	20
5	25	6	30
7	35	8	40
9	45	10	50

Damage of Pyrokinetic Spells

Damage in Divinity: Original Sin II is calculated through this exact formula: Damage = (Base Damage) x (1 + Elemental Bonus%) x (1 + Attribute Bonus% + Weapon Skill Bonus% + Misc Bonuses% [if attack]) x (1 + High Ground Bonus% + Crit Bonus%) x ( 1 + Misc Bonus% [if spell])

Due to skills under Pyrokinetic ability being spells they all use the following formula for damage: (Base Damage) x (1 + Elemental Bonus%) x (1 + Attribute Bonus% + Weapon Skill Bonus %) x (1 + High Ground Bonus% + Crit Bonus%) x ( 1 + Misc Bonus %)

Simply put for the fire damage done by Pyrokinetic spells the most crucial elements are: level of the caster, pyrokinetic ability, intelligence attribute, high ground bonus and critical hit bonus.

Pyrokinetic spells DO NOT rely on the base damage done by weapons. However weapons affect damage done if they provide boost to any of the above mentioned elements that affect fire damage done.

Therefore in order to boost damage done by Pyrokinetic spells it is crucial to increase: Level, Pyrokinetic, Intelligence, High Ground Bonus, Critical Hit Bonus. If possible it is wise to lower the fire resistance of enemies. Note that bonus to damage provided by Intelligence is smaller than bonus provided by Pyrokinetic ability.

Surfaces and Status Effects

Pyrokinetic ability is focuses on mastering fire. Therefore those who use it are most commonly capable of creating fire surfaces, which can be further enhanced into cursed fire and holy fire surfaces. Fire surfaces can be easily created from oil and poison surfaces which are flammable (and explosive) as well as web surface (which can be negated only by fire).

Pyrokinetic spells are also capable of causing a variety of status effects. Below is a table listing all effects caused by Pyrokinetic combat ability spells.

Table of status effects caused by Pyrokinetic spells

Traders

Following table shows all NPCs who are guaranteed to sell pyrokinetic spellbooks, with their location and coordinates in the right column, from them. The location shown in the table (and the coordinates) are only for the initial location the NPC is in. Note that some of these may have other spell/skillbooks and goods to sell. Almira may follow the Godwoken on Lady Vengeance if her demands are met.

Trader	Location (x, y)	Trader	Location (x, y)
Stingtail	Fort Joy (200, 138)	Samadel	Sanctuary of Amadia (421, 44)
Almira	Paradise Downs (707, 391)	Ovis	Driftwood Square (353, 106)
Tovah	Elven camp (505, 311)	Lizard Monk	Temple of Tir-Cendelius (302, 912)
Black Ring Quartermaster	Black Ring encampment (234, 769)	Friel	The Cathedral (318, 363)

Spell Tiers

Following tables and sub-sections show pyrokinetic spells that can be learnt by character if they have enough point in Pyrokinetic ability. All of these spells can be crafted by combining corresponding scroll with blank fire skillbook or high tier blank fire skillbook. Note that not all spells have craftable scrolls. In base game (without cheats) spells from 9 level onward (Adept, Expert and Master tiers) can be gained only after escaping Reaper's Eye island.

Each spell belongs to a tier that is determined through characters level that determines whether it can be found and purchased and requires certain level in Pyrokinetic ability in order to memorise the spell. Higher Tier spells may require more memory in order to use them in combat, this especially applies to spells that require Source in order to cast them.

Starter

This is the lowest tier which contains spells available during the Character Creation and can be purchased from vendors from start of the game.

Skill	Effect	Cost	Required Ability
Haste	Increases movement per AP spent by 2m + 1 temporary AP Removes: Slowed Crippled	Action Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 1
Ignition	Deals fire damage to all enemies around you in line of sight.	Action Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 1
Peace of Mind	Increases Strength, Finesse, Intelligence and Wits by 1 point each Removes: Blinded Terrified Charmed Taunted Sleeping Enraged Mad	Action Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 1
Searing Daggers	Throw 3 small blades of fire that deal fire damage to the target.	Action Point(s): 2	Pyrokinetic 1

Novice

Novice Tier spells start to be available once characters reach level 4.

Skill	Effect	Cost	Required Ability
Fireball	Hurl a fiery sphere that will explode, dealing fire damage.	Action Point(s): 2	Pyrokinetic 2
Spontaneous Combustion	Deals fire damage around the target. If the target already has Burning or Necrofire on them the damage from Spontaneous Combustion will be amplified for the remaining turns it affects them.	Action Point(s): 2	Pyrokinetic 2
Supernova	Explode, creating fire surfaces and dealing fire damage in a area around you (except areas blocked by obstacles).	Action Point(s): 2	Pyrokinetic 2

Adept

Adept Tier spells start to be available once characters reach level 9.

Skill	Effect	Cost	Required Ability
Fire Whip	Long-range attack that deals fire damage to a single target, leaving them Blind and Burning.	Action Point(s): 3	Pyrokinetic 2
Flaming Tongues	Flaming tongues protect the caster. Whenever an enemy gets close enough he will suffer fire damage.	Action Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 2
Laser Ray	Line of intense heat that deals fire damage to characters and leaves fire clouds behind.	Action Point(s): 3	Pyrokinetic 2
Summon Fire Slug	Summon a fire slug, which can create fire surfaces and launch linear fire attacks with Laser Ray and Slug Rush.	Action Point(s): 1 Source Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 3

Expert

Expert Tier spells start to be available once characters reach level 13.

Skill	Effect	Cost	Required Ability
Epidemic of Fire	Send a cursed flame that will split on impact up to 5 times dealing fire damage and leaving a cursed fire surface behind.	Action Point(s): 3 Source Point(s): 2	Pyrokinetic 3

Master

Master Tier spells start to be available once characters reach level 16.

Skill	Effect	Cost	Required Ability
Firebrand	An aura that adds fire damage to weapon skills and attacks for all allies near you for 3 turns.	Action Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 3
Flaming Crescendo	Curse the target to explode in next turn or on death.	Action Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 3
Meteor Shower	25 Fireballs come crashing from the sky. Each does fire damage within a 3m range from impact.	Action Point(s): 4 Source Point(s): 3	Pyrokinetic 5

Craftable

Following skillbooks are classified as craftable for they can be obtained only by crafting them. They cannot be bought from any trader in the game. However possible to get them as quest reward or find them as random loot.

Base

Base skillbooks are obtained whenever non-source Pyrokinetic skillbook is combined with another non-source skillbook. Resulting skillbook will be a mix of both skillbooks and will require investment in both combat abilities under which the skillbooks belong. Example: In order to learn and cast Bleed Fire, character needs 1 point in both Pyrokinetic and Polymorph combat abilities.

Skill	Effect	Cost	Required Ability
Bleed Fire	Make your enemy bleed fire when hit. Creates Fire Surface	Action Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 1 Polymorph 1
Corpse Explosion	Explode target corpse, dealing physical damage.	Action Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 1 Necromancer 1
Fire Infusion	Infuse your Incarnate with fire.	Action Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 1 Summoning 1
Sabotage	Make a random grenade or arrow explode in your targets inventory.	Action Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 1 Scoundrel 1
Sparking Swings	Make your basic melee attacks shoot fiery projectiles on nearest enemy.	Action Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 1 Warfare 1
Throw Explosive Trap	Throw an explosive trap at target location. Trap takes 1 turn to activate. When active, the trap will explode when a character approaches it.	Action Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 1 Huntsman 1

Source

Source skillbooks are obtained whenever non-source Pyrokinetic skillbook is combined with source skillbook and vice versa. One way or another there has to be source skillbook involved in crafting otherwise the resulting book will be non-source skillbook. Like base craftable skillbooks these also cannot be bought from traders in game.

Skill	Effect	Cost	Required Ability
Deploy Mass Traps	Throw 4 explosive traps at target locations. Each trap takes a turn to activate. When active, trap will explode when a character approaches it.	Action Point(s): 3 Source Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 2 Huntsman 2
Flaming Skin	Infuse your skin with Fire. Gaining Resistance towards fire element but weakness to water element.	Action Point(s): 1 Source Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 2 Polymorph 2
Mass Corpse Explosion	Explode all corpses around you, dealing physical damage in the area.	Action Point(s): 1 Source Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 2 Necromancer 2
Master of Sparks	Causes your target and their surrounding allies melee attacks to shoot a fiery projectile at nearest enemy.	Action Point(s): 1 Source Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 2 Warfare 2
Mass Sabotage	Explode two random grenades or arrows of your enemies in an area.	Action Point(s): 2 Source Point(s): 1	Pyrokinetic 2 Scoundrel 2
Necrofire Infusion	Infuse your Incarnate with Necrofire.	Action Point(s): 1 Source Point(s): 2	Pyrokinetic 2 Summoning 2

Special

Following pyrokinetic spells are spells inaccessible to the Godwoken and are either used solely by NPCs and/or found in the Game Master Mode.

• Burning Anger - Alice Alisceon shoots a fiery bolt at their enemy
• Harbinger's Wrath - Harbinger of Doom shoots a fiery bolt at their enemy
• Burning Blaze - Harbinger of Doom shoots a fiery bolt at their enemy
• Scorch - Lucian the Divine creates a large fire surface beneath his target and deals fire damage to them