Caustic Blood - does the 2nd round damage stack?

[outshyn]

Link to spell, for reference.

So Caustic Blood not only deals acid damage to anyone who attacks you, but it has ongoing damage: for 1 round after, it deals half damage again, complete with a 2nd saving throw to negate it.

So the question: I have a high-level barbarian who just wants to "soak" the damage. The barbarian, not knowing that there will be extra damage on round 2, spends round 1 in full attack on me. He eats 3 Caustic Blood sprays. He lives. HOWEVER, on round 2 he's only going to survive if the residual effect is a one-time group thing. If he has 3 effects (one from each hit), he ded.

What do you think? And do you know of any relevant rules that would make going one way or the other "official"?

[rorek55]

well, my answer would be, if someone quickened acid arrow, would you allow the additional damage on the following round to stack.

But remember they get a reflex save to avoid that secondary damage entirely.

[avr]

It's not bleed damage; if it recurs it's just damage, and damage stacks.

The second reflex save might save him though as Rorek says.

[TxSam88]

I would treat it as 3 individual instance. so 3 initial reflex saves and then 3 more saves on round 2. (I feel bad for that barbarian)

[Derklord]

TxSam88 wrote:

I feel bad for that barbarian

It's still a save against a spell, so Superstition applies. If the player tries to do a "shrugs things off" Barb without Superstition, that on them.