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Your Warden takes 20 damage Basically this is a case of specific beats general. If you have Resist 5 all, it's like having Resist 5 for every keyword of damage. If you have a higher specific resistance then that is applied, if any resistance is lower than your Resist All amount then that is ignored and you use the All. They do not stack because same typed ...


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Rimefire Plate would only prevent 1 damage from Rimehound Bite. This isn't actually about resistance. Each time you take damage, Rimefire Plate reduces the damage you take by 1. The real question, then, is whether Rimehound Bite deals damage once or twice. From the RC, p222-223: Damage Rolls When most attacks deal damage, they do so through a ...


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NO You're moving the damage from one target to another before the resistances and vulnerabilities are applied. Vulnerabilityddi Being vulnerable to a damage type means a creature takes extra damage from that damage type. Vulnerability appears in a stat block or power as “Vulnerable x,” where x is the amount of the extra damage. For instance, if a ...


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To clarify, here is the Smite Evil ability of the Paladin. Regardless of the target, smite good attacks automatically bypass any DR the creature might possess It sounds like you want a spell that effectively mimics this part of the ability. If you look at the section on Damage Reduction, you will see there is a segment on "Overcoming DR". This states: ...


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There is the Align Weapon spell, which will overcome alignment-based DR. There is also Versatile Weapon which, among other things, will actually allow the use of a Mace of Sharpness ;)


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(Thunder and Lightning) is considered one damage type. If you have vulnerable to thunder and/or lightning, you have vulnerable to (Thunder and Lightning). Use the higher value. (Fire and Radiant) is considered one damage type. If you have vulnerable to all, you have vulnerable to (Fire and Radiant). Add the vulnerable modifier once whenever you take this ...



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