Pertaining to different types of damage in an RPG system, i.e. fire, lightning, psychic, cold, etc.
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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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How does multi-type damage work?
The attack "Storm Hammer" says hit:1d8+_(wisdom modifier)lighting and thunder damage... how do I tell how much damage to inflict?
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Can psychic damage affect mindless creatures? Can radiant damage sterilise water?
The game presents 10 damage types: acid, cold, fire, force, lightning, necrotic, poison, psychic, radiant, thunder.
And my players asked a few things about using spells that deal typed damage in and ...
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Is there a way to do slashing damage with a mace?
I play a double light-mace fighter, and I want to do a lot of attacks every turn. So, I took a look at the dervish PrC, and they can Full Attack and Full Move while they're dancing. So...
They need ...
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Do weapons' damage types (P/S/B) have any effect?
Does the type of weapon used (piercing, slashing, bludgeoning) have any effect in Pathfinder RPG? For example, in AD&D 2e, the type of weapon modifies attack rolls according to the defender's ...
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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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Does Blazing Starfall Cause Fire Damage?
Blazing Starfall has the Fire and Radiant keywords, the damage line indicates radiant damage, and cosmic magic sorcerers create a zone has a fire damage effect.
The players were fighting Trolls "if ...
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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 ...
