Questions tagged [damage-types]
For questions pertaining to different types of damage in an RPG system, i.e. fire, lightning, psychic, cold, etc.
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Can Weakness to a trait trigger multiple times in a single hit?
When resisting damage, you apply the resistance to each applicable "instance of damage" (damage type) separately. Does the same also apply to weaknesses? If you attack an enemy who is weak ...
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For the Summon Draconic Spirit spell, does the damage type of the breath weapon have to match that of the caster’s shared resistance?
The Draconic Spirit summoned by the summon draconic spirit spell has the Breath Weapon action option (FToD, p. 21):
Breath Weapon. The dragon exhales destructive energy in a 30-foot cone. Each ...
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If a large monster squeezed an opponent in its fist, what kind of damage is that?
I'm trying to make a large monster, called the Swamp Devil, that can grab and squeeze an opponent in its fist. I assume the damage type is bludgeoning, but bludgeoning damage seems mostly about ...
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Is Spirit Shroud damage "owned" by the source of the attack, or the Spirit Shroud spell itself?
Until the spell ends, any attack you make deals 1d8 extra damage when
you hit a creature within 10 feet of you. This damage is radiant,
necrotic, or cold (your choice when you cast the spell). Any ...
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How does the Path of the Giant barbarian's Elemental Cleaver feature interact with a Flame Tongue weapon's damage types?
The description of the Path of the Giant barbarian subclass feature Elemental Cleaver states (BP:GotG, p. 11; emphasis mine):
When you enter your rage, you can choose one weapon that you are holding ...
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Can Awakened Spellbook borrow bludgeoning/piercing/slashing damage from the Magic Weapon spell?
For the purpose of the damage type swap feature of the Order of Scribes Wizard's Awakened Spellbook feature, does the +1 bonus to damage rolls from the Magic Weapon spell qualify as bludgeoning/...
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When does a magical flame become nonmagical? [duplicate]
Imagine Bob the wizard casts Fire Bolt on a barn full of hay. Mike, the bad guy with Armor of Invulnerability, is inside the barn. The Fire Bolt sets the hay ablaze, and Mike takes fire damage from it....
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How to decide the type of precise damage?
The easier examples are quite easy to understand: when a character attacks with a weapon, precise damage like sneak attack will use the same type of damage of the weapon. For example, sneak attack ...
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What are the different effects that scale up weapon damage in 5e?
In 5e there are all sorts of ways to increase damage from weapons, but nearly all of that additional damage is typed separately from the weapon - eg: extra force damage, fire, etc.
Other than the ...
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What is immune to spirit damage?
Spirit damage replaced alignment damage in Pathfinder 2e since the Remaster.
Unfortunately, no Bestiary came out together with the new Player Core, so it is a bit unclear how spirit damage works. The ...
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Do weapons that do both Piercing and another damage type suffer underwater combat penalties?
Some weapons, like Morningstars and Sugliin, do two types of damage at once (Piercing/Bludgeoning and Piercing/Slashing, respectively). How does this interact with underwater combat penalties? ...
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Does a Fireball whose damage type was changed via Awakened Spellbook still ignite flammable objects?
A Fireball spell "blossoms with a low roar into an explosion of flame. [...] The fire spreads around corners. It ignites flammable objects in the area that aren't being worn or carried."
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Can you use Awakened Spellbook to replace a 3rd-level spell's damage type with piercing damage via Summon Fey?
The Awakened Spellbook feature of the Order of Scribes Wizard states that under certain circumstances when casting a spell, "you can temporarily replace its damage type with a type that appears ...
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Can you use Awakened Spellbook to replace a 1st-level spell's damage type with force damage via Mage Armor, RAW?
According to the Player's Handbook Ch. 9, "force" is a damage type, and "damage types have no rules of their own."
The Awakened Spellbook feature of the Order of Scribes Wizard ...
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What type of damage does Bond of Mutual Suffering deal to the attacker? [duplicate]
The Bond of Mutual Suffering feature of the Blood Magic Wizard from Tal’dorei Campaign Setting: Reborn says:
At 6th level, when a creature you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your ...
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