Questions tagged [incorporeal]
For questions relating to something or someone that does not inhabit a corporeal form (is disembodied), whether temporarily or permanently.
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Shadow's incorporeal touch attack vs DR5/bludgeoning
If the PC has damage reduction 5/bludgeoning because of wearing an magic item could the shadow's incorporeal touch damage do 1 on 1 or the DR decrease it the amount of 5?
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I want to play and equip a ghost adventurer, how do the various rules that apply to ghosts interact?
This is kind of a mish-mash with a common theme, so sorry for the broad question.
First, let's set the Rules Compendium as the base here.
Equipment worn or carried by an incorporeal creature is
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How can I effectively deal with an incorporeal enemy as an alchemist? Are alchemist's bombs considered magical?
Incorporeal enemies have double resistances against non-magical damage. Many other creatures also have resistances against some non-magical damage but incorporeal creatures are the biggest offenders.
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Is an incorporeal creature wearing bracers of armor able to pass through walls?
In my previous question it was confirmed that bracers of armor can be used by incorporeal.
Does the "tangible field" of force of the bracers impact the incorporeal creature's ability to ...
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Bracers of armor Vs incorporeal touch attack
If a humanoid is wearing bracers of armor and is attacked by an incorporeal creature, do the bracers of armor apply their "armor bonus" against incorporeal touch attacks?
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Incorporeals and armor/shield bonus
Can my human character become incorporeal with a spell and add his armor bonus (braces of armor) or shield bonus to his AC?
I have not found one Incorporeal monsters having armor or shield bonus on ...
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Corporeal attacks againt the incorporeal
We're not sure how to handle certain things concerning incorporeal creatures.
incorporeal (trait) An incorporeal creature or object has no
physical form. It can pass through solid objects, including
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Does Ghost Touch work on every damage type of the weapon?
If you hit a Wraith with a Rapier that has a Ghost Touch and a Frost rune, how much cold damage does it take?
The Wraith has resist 5 all, except for Ghost Touch:
Resistances all 5 (except force, ...
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Can a monk push a banshee?
Can an Open Hand Monk push/shove a Banshee using Flurry of Blows, in spite of all of the banshee's condition immunities and features (i.e.: grappled, prone, hover, incorporeal, etc.)?
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Does touch attack ignore any armor bonuses?
Reading the touch attack description it says that it ignores any armor bonus. Does this mean they also ignore magical properties of the armor?
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Does this mean that a creature attacking with ...
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A question about disembodied monsters and blinding spells on them
I am running a campaign with clerics, wizards and shadowcasters.
One of the characters, a cleric, wants to choose an invisibility spell. This is not the problem.
The problem is how this spell works ...
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Which manual to follow when the same subtype has different rules in three different manuals? The case of perfect wight becoming incorporeal
Our rogue perfect wight uses the supernatural ability Incorporeal from the Epic Level Handbook (page 34).
She argues that she should only follow the rules written in the Epic Level Handbook for the ...
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Can an incorporeal enter inside a corporeal to hit them from the inside?
This is a tactic that the rogue in our party, becoming incorporeal (perfect Wight) has used in the past to kill creatures bigger than her size, avoiding being hit or spotted by them. Also this was ...
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How can a permanently remove the incorporeal subtype from my character?
I am playing a Lesser Dream Element Creature (Dragon magazine #287, p. 34) Zenthyri and I need to be permanently corporeal.*
The method of corporeality must be unable to be disjunctioned/dispelled (so ...
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What if the rules for corporeal creatures and incorporeal were symmetrical?
I previously asked this question in regards to the asymmetry between corporeals attacking incorporeals (having a miss chance of 50%) and incorporeals attacking corporeals (no miss chance) as per the ...
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