Balor: Aura of flaming death

[Alonso]

I'm fighting the Balor in the svirfneblin settlement in the Underdark. As soon as the battle starts I see this message in the feedback screen: "Balor: Aura of flaming death: Haer'Dalis". I guess that's SCS behaviour: Aura of flaming Death would be one of the "previously cast spells" from the improved AI. However, when a mage uses one of those previously cast buffs, there is a message informing about it at the beginning of the fight. In this case there's no message about previously cast spells. What am I missing?

[Serg BlackStrider]

I believe, in this case Aura of flaming death is not a spell to be cast, previously as a pre-buff or during a combat, but a special ability or special permanent feature of Balor as a creature. It's granted to them not by spell but rather by special item.

[DavidW]

Correct. Balors have a permanent fire aura. (I should probably give it a bespoke name.)

[bob_veng]

yeah, "abyssal aura" or something...