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4 years ago ::
Apr 23, 2009 - 6:52PM
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Apr 23, 2009
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Page 92 of the PHB shows a Holy Strike to have a Hit of 1[w] + Strength Modifier radiant damage. How do I find radiant damage?
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4 years ago ::
Apr 23, 2009 - 7:00PM
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Oct 19, 2008
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Page 92 of the PHB shows a Holy Strike to have a Hit of 1[w] + Strength Modifier radiant damage. How do I find radiant damage?
Radiant is a damage type. Like fire damage.
Unless your target is vulnerable to the damage type (For instance, Undead hate Radiant damage, they take an extra 5 points of damage from any radiant damage attack), the damage functions just as it would if it were untyped.
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4 years ago ::
Apr 23, 2009 - 7:05PM
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It is a damage type, akin to elemental damages like fire damage, cold damage and the like. The only factor that may affect it is if a creature happens to have a resistance or weakness to a specific type, in which case the value of the weakness or resistance is added or subtracted respectively. Certain feats and properties might also modify elemental damage in certain ways.
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4 years ago ::
Apr 23, 2009 - 7:26PM
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On top of the above, in case it's not clear, "radiant" is a merging of the old concepts of "holy" damage and light (or "sunlight" damage). You'll typically find undead have a vulnerability to it. I tend to run it as the skies parting and beams of radiance descending, but other players sometimes describe it as beams of light being thrown around by the caster, leading to ranged clerics being described as "laser" clerics.
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4 years ago ::
Apr 23, 2009 - 7:37PM
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Jun 17, 2008
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Radiant can also be shimmering colors, so....Care Bear Stare!
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4 years ago ::
Apr 23, 2009 - 7:50PM
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Well, since HP is the ability to keep fighting, not just damage sponging, it could even be taken as intense light. Like that annoying glare that comes through a windshield. Keep getting that flashing in your eyes in a battle, and it would probably get pretty intense. Some attacks explain what they do, so the fluff kinda gives a clue. However, Radiant could even be like UV rays intensified, I just leave it up to the player.
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4 years ago ::
Apr 23, 2009 - 7:51PM
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I haz lazers! PEW PEW!!!
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PEW PEW!!!
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4 years ago ::
Apr 23, 2009 - 8:40PM
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Well, since HP is the ability to keep fighting, not just damage sponging, it could even be taken as intense light. Like that annoying glare that comes through a windshield. Keep getting that flashing in your eyes in a battle, and it would probably get pretty intense. Some attacks explain what they do, so the fluff kinda gives a clue. However, Radiant could even be like UV rays intensified, I just leave it up to the player.
Mechanical effects aside, flashing lights in someone's eyes is just really... unsatisfying. It's like gently pushing someone until they fall over: it may yield the same effect, but it's just not as fun as searing their skin with divine wrath.
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4 years ago ::
Apr 23, 2009 - 8:46PM
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Mechanical effects aside, flashing lights in someone's eyes is just really... unsatisfying. It's like gently pushing someone until they fall over: it may yield the same effect, but it's just not as fun as searing their skin with divine wrath.
Think of the bragging rights though. I killed Orcus with a strobe light :D
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4 years ago ::
Apr 23, 2009 - 8:50PM
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Radiant can also be shimmering colors, so....Care Bear Stare!
Hah, can't wait to make fun of my cleric next time he uses a radiant power.
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