“Shoot three flaming daggers at targets of your choice, each creating a fire surface and dealing fire damage.
„—Skill description
Searing Daggers is a starter pyrokinetic skill in Divinity: Original Sin II.
Description[]
Skill[]
Searing Daggers is a offensive pyrokinetic skill that allows character to shoot three flaming daggers at their target(s). Each dagger deals fire damage and creates a fire surface upon making contact. Fire surface will last for 2 turns. Due to its nature, any flammable surfaces and clouds (oil, poison and web) will be set on fire and transformed into fire surface. Any frozen surfaces will de-frost. Characters without 
Magic Armour will be afflicted with 
Burning status for 2 turns and suffer damage directly to their health.
Since Searing Daggers relies on Pyrokinesis magic it cannot be cast if caster is affected by 
Silenced and 
Enraged status effects. Searing Daggers skill are reflected back when the target is under Deflective Barrier skill (Definitive Edition only).
Skillbook and Scroll[]
Searing Daggers skillbook is a magical item that allows its reader to learn Searing Daggers skill, if they have at least 1 point into Pyrokinetic ability, and use it indefinitely. In order to be able to cast the skill, character needs 1 free memory slot. Note that the book will disappear once read. The book weights 0.5 and its base value is 120 gold. A skillbook can be crafted if a Searing Daggers scroll is combined with a Blank Fire Skillbook. Since Searing Daggers is a starter Pyrokinetic skill, it is available right from the start of the game. Traders selling Pyrokinetic skillbooks will have this book for sale since the start of the game as well.
Searing Daggers scroll is a magical item that allows any character to cast Searing Daggers skill, regardless of skill prerequisites, but only once. The only limiting element in casting Searing Daggers this way is the amount of 
Action Points (AP) character has at their disposal in current turn. The scroll is craftable, weights 0.02 and has base value of 70 gold.
The cost of Action Points between Searing Daggers scroll and Searing Daggers skill themselves remains the same. Both the scroll and the skill itself are affected by other skills, attributes and talents that may provide additional bonuses.
Skill Modifiers[]
Damage of this skill is calculated with the following formula: (Base Damage) x (1 + Elemental Bonus%) x (1 + Attribute Bonus% + Weapon Skill Bonus %) x (1 + High Ground Bonus% + Crit Bonus%) x ( 1 + Misc Bonus %)
The damage of this skill is affected by the following attributes of the caster:
- Level
- Pyrokinetic ability
- Intelligence attribute
- Height bonus
- Critical Damage Modifier
Out of these the most effect on the damage have Level and then Pyrokinetic ability as the latter increases damage by 5 % per point. Level provides greatest boost to the damage done. Intelligence provides the lowest bonus out of the three (3 points in Intelligence are equal to 1 point of Pyrokinetic).
When it comes to enemies they may resist fire damage if they have: Fire Immunity Status and high enough 
Fire Resistance (which lowers fire damage done).
Searing Daggers properties can be affected by talents, consumable items (some of which may be affected by Five-Star Diner talent) and other skills.
| Consumable Items | Description | Skills | Description | Talents | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Green Tea |
Lowers AP cost by 2 points (Never below 1 AP). |  Encourage |
Increases Intelligence |  Far Out Man |
Increases range of the skill and scroll by 2 meters |
 Calocera |
Increases Intelligence by 1 point |  Flesh Sacrifice |
Increases damage done by 10 % (counts as Miscellaneous Bonus) |  Ambidextrous |
Decreases AP cost of a Searing Daggers scroll by 1 point |
 Intelligence Potion |
Increases Intelligence by 1/3/11 points |  Peace of Mind |
Increases Intelligence |  Elemental Affinity |
Decreases AP cost of Searing Daggers by 1 point if caster stands in any type of fire surface |
 Attar of the Blood Rose |
Increases all attributes by 1 point |  Death Wish |
Will grant bonus to damage equal to the percentage of missing health. |  Torturer |
Burning Status Effect lasts 3 turns and bypasses Magic Armour |
 Enlightenment Herbmix |
Increases Intelligence by 8 points |  Farsight |
Increases range of the skill by 4 meters. |  Savage Sortilege |
Allows Searing Daggers to do critical damage by using casters critical chance |
 Draught of Intelligence Gift Bag: The Song of Nature |
Increases Intelligence by 7 points |  Skin Graft |
Resets skill cooldown |  Magic Cycles Gift Bag: Sourceror Secrets |
Cycle of Fire and Water increases Pyrokinetic by 2 points |
 Potion of Power Gift Bag: The Song of Nature |
Increases damage by 10 % | — | — | — | — |
Locations[]
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) |
Crafting[]
- Searing Daggers Scroll
- Searing Daggers skillbook
Changes[]
- As of an update during Alpha/Beta you can now direct where each of the three daggers go allowing you to light multiple fields and hit multiple enemies.
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