New Posts For Thread: Damage types and resistances: Creating a single, consistent house rule for my game.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/28223309/Damage_types_and_resistances:__Creating_a_single,_consistent_house_rule_for_my_game.Anyone who hangs out Rules Q&A sees the "What happens when I take 3 untyped damage, 4 Fire damage, 2 Radiant And Cold damage, and have Resist 5 Fire and Resist 5 Cold and Resist 4 All and Vulnerable 5 Cold?" question and the accompanying "Nobody knowThat's fair enough, and you could easily do it that way.I didn't, because vulnerabilities are harder to inflict than resistances are to get, and I try to err on the side of having powers (both PC and monster) do more, not less.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/28223309/Damage_types_and_resistances:__Creating_a_single,_consistent_house_rule_for_my_game.?post_id=505864153#505864153That's fair enough, and you could easily do it that way.I didn't, because vulnerabilities are harder to inflict than resistances are to get, and I try to err on the side of having powers (both PC and monster) do more, not less.Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:54:29 -0500MMh, I checked the PHB rules and the only difference is the Combined with vulnerability paragraph missing. So there is no real difference in wording, just one paragraph missing. BTW I checked on the Online Compendium and it's missing there, too, so Ihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/28223309/Damage_types_and_resistances:__Creating_a_single,_consistent_house_rule_for_my_game.?post_id=505863259#505863259MMh, I checked the PHB rules and the only difference is the Combined with vulnerability paragraph missing. So there is no real difference in wording, just one paragraph missing. BTW I checked on the Online Compendium and it's missing there, too, so ISat, 27 Aug 2011 09:32:32 -0500Not true. The wording from the updated PHB is simpler, clearer, contains no contradictions.... and doesn't indicate what kind of damage the increased damage from vulnerability to multi-typed damage is. Nor does it ever indicate that Resist and Vulnhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/28223309/Damage_types_and_resistances:__Creating_a_single,_consistent_house_rule_for_my_game.?post_id=505862043#505862043Not true. The wording from the updated PHB is simpler, clearer, contains no contradictions.... and doesn't indicate what kind of damage the increased damage from vulnerability to multi-typed damage is. Nor does it ever indicate that Resist and VulnSat, 27 Aug 2011 09:01:45 -05001. This was errataed way before the RC came out. Like one year or something. It's not the RC's 'fault', it didn't change anything. On an errataed PHB you would find the same exact rules.2. Both of your concerns are explained below: First, it says thhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/28223309/Damage_types_and_resistances:__Creating_a_single,_consistent_house_rule_for_my_game.?post_id=505852989#5058529891. This was errataed way before the RC came out. Like one year or something. It's not the RC's 'fault', it didn't change anything. On an errataed PHB you would find the same exact rules.2. Both of your concerns are explained below: First, it says thSat, 27 Aug 2011 04:10:08 -0500Also:No, it's for covering non-covered cases: Specifically, when multiple resistances can apply to multiple different damage types being dealt at a single time.That's a "corner case" only because nobody ever printed an official rule for what happenshttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/28223309/Damage_types_and_resistances:__Creating_a_single,_consistent_house_rule_for_my_game.?post_id=505842133#505842133Also:No, it's for covering non-covered cases: Specifically, when multiple resistances can apply to multiple different damage types being dealt at a single time.That's a "corner case" only because nobody ever printed an official rule for what happensFri, 26 Aug 2011 18:34:45 -0500