Fire and Cold Subtype [Archive] - Wizards Community

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OracleYori

06-25-05, 09:30 PM
Is there any problem in the rules about a character having both the fire and cold subtypes?

I'm talking about using both the Mantle of Fiery Spirit and Mantle of Icy Soul, or a couple wishes.
Nom

06-25-05, 11:13 PM
Not especially, though you may need to figure out how vulnerabilities and immunities stack. Hint: being immune to both is likely the wrong answer.
OracleYori

06-26-05, 12:00 AM
how would being immune to both be the wrong answer?

50% more damage from absolutely nothing is still 0... or have i missed something?
was_fired

06-26-05, 12:25 AM
While the rules do indeed state that you would take no damage from either the most common way to gain this is through template, and as such the player / DM should actually reflect on what these are supposed to mean. Normally in such cases I would simply cancel out both subtypes, but then again I am a bit of an ass.
OracleYori

06-26-05, 12:10 PM
my dm is an ass too, but mostly about wishes, which get abused in our games sometimes-
thats what the Mantle spells are for- they permanently grand a fire/cold subtype, and take a lot of gp and xp to cast, which my dm doesnt screw with...
(yeah, i know wish has an xp cost, but someone wished for a thought bottle once...)
Raymond_Luxury_Yacht

06-26-05, 01:18 PM
Not especially, though you may need to figure out how vulnerabilities and immunities stack. Hint: being immune to both is likely the wrong answer.
According to the writers of the Maure Castle adventure in Dungeon, that is the right answer. It's also the correct answer by the RAW, as 150% of zero is still zero.