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How does resist all apply to an attack that deals two types of (non-combined) damage?
Resist all applies to all damage types (including untyped damage), reducing the damage by the resist amount. What happens when a single attack deals two different kinds of damage? Not combined damage, ...
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Is resistance/vulnerability applied before damage is transferred with Nusemnee's Atonement?
Situation: level 16 Dragonborn Sorcerer with Paladin Multiclass, Ancient Soul, Nusemnee's Atonement, Radiant Breath, Morninglord paragon path, and Fey Beast Tamer theme.
Whenever she breathes, she ...
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In Pathfinder, are there any weapon buffs that overcome all forms of Damage Reduction?
Is there a spell in the Pathfinder world that grants a power to melee or ranged weapons similar to the Smite Evil / Smite Good ability to overcome all forms of Damage Reduction?
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Does Resist All stack with Resist [specific]?
Case: A Warden has Resist 5 All Damage from some Warden feature/power.
He also has Resist 10 Necrotic from his armor.
He is hit by 30 Necrotic damage from a single attack.
Does he take 15 damage, ...
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How does Vulnerable work with the same Resistance?
Suppose the same creature has resist 10 lightning and vulnerable 5 lightning at the same time. I've been told that the rules are that both of them apply and neither are cumulative; I assumed that this ...
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How does damage resistance work with same typed damage from multiple sources?
A scenario from our game last night.
We are facing monsters with an Aura 2 that causes 5 cold damage and stacks (enter or start turn in aura). These guys also have an attack that immobilizes and ...
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Does “resist all” from different sources stack?
So I've looked in PHB1 and 2, as well as all over the internets, and I can't find a clear answer.
I play a level 12 Dreadnought Fighter, wearing Rimefire Plate armor. The armor gives a static ...
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Does resist all prevent normal damage?
Does Resist 1 all such as is profiled by Rimefire Plate +2 prevent normal / untyped damage, such as is done by an axe or arrow?
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Can you voluntarily suppress damage resistance?
I have Resist 10 Fire.
I get hit for 13 points of fire damage, so normally, under these circumstances, I'd take 3 points of fire damage.
What if, because of another ability that triggers on becoming ...
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Does damage resistance apply to a Blood Mage's self-inflicted damage?
A defining class feature for the Blood Mage paragon path is Bolstering Blood where, when you use a blood mage, daily, or encounter power that deals damage,
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once per turn as a free ...
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3.5 Monk Ki Strike and Damage Resistance
Does a Level 4 Monk deal full damage against a creature with DR 5/Slashing?
From the D20 SRD regarding Damage Reduction: "The creature takes normal damage from energy attacks (even nonmagical ones), ...
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How do vulnerabilities combine, when taking multiple types of damage?
When a creature has multiple vulnerabilities, and is hit by an attack that deals more than one type of damage that it is vulnerable to, do the vulnerability effects combine?
Example 1: Creature is ...
