Guild Wars 2

so… i was messing about in Rata Sum and i fell off the side and died however i noticed that i died with a rather nice explosion of green gas, curious i let some mobs in metrica province down me and noticed that once more i exploded with green gas and it poisoned them.

now, the only possible explanation i have for this is that its due to my buying some superior runes of the afflicted which when 6/6 cause something called “death nova” when you’re downed, which i assume is what is happened.

the problem however is that i only have 2 of these runes and they are both safely stored in my bank…

There is a trait that all classes have that creates a cloud / other aoe upon impact from falling and cuts fall damage in half

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Explosive_Descent

While darkorical is right its a trait. Hes wrong in that only 7 of the 8 classes have it NOT all. Eles have no such skill.

i dont have the trait, and its not just from falling, anytime im downed i explode with poisonous gas.