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Damage Resistance not correctly relating to damage type

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Nilram the Grey, Jul 7, 2013.

  1. Nilram the Grey

    Nilram the Grey New Member

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    I'm a newbie, so I might have something wrong. I imported the Pathfinder creatures posted on the Pathfinder forum. I was playing around with some zombies fighting some goblins. When I use the Goblin bow attack (type piercing) the damage is being reduced by the zombie DR 5/slashing. When I use the goblin short sword attack (type slashing) there is no reduction of damage. I've checked and the DR seems to be setup right for the zombies and the type of damage on the different goblin attacks seems right as well.
     
    #1 Nilram the Grey, Jul 7, 2013
  2. edwardcd

    edwardcd Administrator
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    Re: Damage Reduction not correctly relating to damage type

    This is a general rules question.

    Rules
    Basically:
    25 DR / Slashing (requires a slashing weapon to overcome DR)
    25 DR / Magic (requires magical weapon to overcome DR)
    25 DR / Piercing (requires a piercing weapon to overcome DR)
    25 DR / - (nothing overcomes DR unless the attack itself ignores damage reduction)
    etc


    Thus, d20Pro is correctly calculating DR in this case. :)
     
    #2 edwardcd, Jul 8, 2013
  3. Nilram the Grey

    Nilram the Grey New Member

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    Curtis,

    Yep, no surprise the problem was me. ;)

    Is there a way to reverse this? Most of the time characters or creatures have resistance to a single type of damage and not a resistance to all but one type of damage. I tried searching the user guide to no avail.

    I'm looking at joining a "project" to add the Pathfinder Bestiaries to d20pro. It will be a good test for me during the trial period to make sure d20pro is a good fit for me. I've already determined I like most of how it interface works during play, but the bigger issue most of the time is how hard is it to get data into the system.
     
    #3 Nilram the Grey, Jul 9, 2013
  4. edwardcd

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    Do you have an example of a stock creature? Or is this a custom creature you are implementing?

    Perhaps the easiest way if it's a custom rule/creature is to simply state DR/- and verify damage type upon approving damage (in which case you can click the damage and it will show you the actual damage roll and you can apply actual damage vs the auto-calculated DR reduced damage. Remember, we only use automated features when it speeds up game play :) Then you can always request a feature to make game play quicker, prep quicker, etc if the feature request is supported by the community. Though, I'm interested if there is a creature in stock DnD or PF that we would need this :)
     
    #4 edwardcd, Jul 9, 2013
  5. Nilram the Grey

    Nilram the Grey New Member

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    Dang! More PEBKAC on my part. I had DR backwards. I said I was new to Pathfinder. I was thinking resistance instead of DR.
     
    #5 Nilram the Grey, Jul 9, 2013
  6. edwardcd

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    Energy Resistance

    Okay, Here's a quick primer http://forums.d20pro.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1852

    Basically, in the character sheet, click on the space of "ER" then you can fill out what the creature has elemental resistances or vulnerabilities. :)

    So, you can make a creature ER 10 fire and vulnerable to ice, or any combination you like.
     
    #6 edwardcd, Jul 9, 2013
  7. alon

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    i have face same types of problems!!!
     
    #7 alon, Aug 22, 2013
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