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12 months ago ::
Jun 09, 2012 - 1:32PM
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Feb 16, 2012
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Simple question. New to 4e rules. Playing Encounters on Wednesdays.
My DM tells me that all the Drow we are fighting lately are immune to my Paladin's Radiant damage - Holy Smite and Righteous Radiance. That's fine but I can't find this in the rules anywhere and that always bothers me when I can't figure out a rule.
Anyone that can help with this?
Thank you.
Stephen
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12 months ago ::
Jun 09, 2012 - 1:42PM
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Oct 28, 2010
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There is no general rule that Drown have any resistance or immunity to Radiant damage; however, this might not be true for the specific monsters in the Encounters packet - I don't know.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 09, 2012 - 3:38PM
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Sep 19, 2007
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There is no general rule that Drown have any resistance or immunity to Radiant damage; however, this might not be true for the specific monsters in the Encounters packet - I don't know.
Strangely enough, I had a new player in my Encounter table ask the same question when he wanted to use his Theme power against a Drow. Not quite sure where the notion comes from, though. Drow in 4E in general (and the module in particular) are not resistant, immune or vulnerable to Radiant damage.
In previous editions, Drow have taken attack and AC penalties while in birghtly lit areas. They have never been vulnerable to Radiant damage. You are getting "Drow" confused with "Undead." Drow have never been immune or resistant to Radiant damage, either.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 09, 2012 - 11:52PM
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Aug 11, 2006
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Unless there's something REALLY weird going on with the adventure (and I doubt it because something like this would impact too many characters in a major and negative way), the only thing that I can think of is that you may be dealing with a new/inexperienced DM who has somehow concluded either that radiant damage is only supposed to affect undead, or that the zone-of-darkness abilities possessed by some of them negate radiant damage in their areas, neither of which is the case. That said, you might want to ask about this over in the relevant Encounters forum, since they'll have a better idea whether there's anything special about the creatures or situations in play: community.wizards.com/dungeonsanddragons...
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12 months ago ::
Jun 10, 2012 - 8:25PM
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Or, the DM has made special enemies and there's a reason why they're immune. A drag, but certainly possible. OP, what you need to do is just ask your DM whether these monsters are from an encounter or are they something he's homebrewed for your game. Once you know you'll be able to better look into it. Right now it could be either way so if they're from the Encounter, the DM could be misreading the monsters or else it's a part of the Encounter. If he's just homebrewing them for whatever reason, then it's his choice.
But yeah, as others have said the standard drow does not have any immunity or resistance to radiant damage.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 10, 2012 - 8:45PM
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Feb 26, 2006
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Or, the DM has made special enemies and there's a reason why they're immune. A drag, but certainly possible. OP, what you need to do is just ask your DM whether these monsters are from an encounter or are they something he's homebrewed for your game. Once you know you'll be able to better look into it. Right now it could be either way so if they're from the Encounter, the DM could be misreading the monsters or else it's a part of the Encounter. If he's just homebrewing them for whatever reason, then it's his choice.
But yeah, as others have said the standard drow does not have any immunity or resistance to radiant damage.
He specified in the OP that this was an Encounters game. No homebrew allowed, run as written.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 11, 2012 - 12:50AM
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FWIW your DM is running the Encounter incorrectly (i.e., not by the rules of the module). Tell him to stop failing.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 12, 2012 - 4:42PM
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As a DM running this season's Encounters, the stat blocks as written do not give the drow radiant resistances. That said, I have sometimes added elements to the story as presented to make it fit into our long-term "theme". So, it would be impossible for someone here to say that he is out of order... Always the DM's call...
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12 months ago ::
Jun 12, 2012 - 5:38PM
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As a DM running this season's Encounters, the stat blocks as written do not give the drow radiant resistances. That said, I have sometimes added elements to the story as presented to make it fit into our long-term "theme". So, it would be impossible for someone here to say that he is out of order... Always the DM's call...
Except when it explicitly violates the rules of the D&D encounters program. Those sessions are to be run as written.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 12, 2012 - 5:50PM
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As a DM running this season's Encounters, the stat blocks as written do not give the drow radiant resistances. That said, I have sometimes added elements to the story as presented to make it fit into our long-term "theme". So, it would be impossible for someone here to say that he is out of order... Always the DM's call...
No. Encounters and Lair Assault are to be run as written. Period.
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