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Damage Types

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#1
thewaever
Jul 07, 2010 12:35:44 Hi All,

I'm putting together a couple new powers & things, & I was wondering what the general concensus was about damage types.

Specifically, is mixing damage types a very large advantage?

At the moment, I'm working on a couple of powers for a leader-type class. I'm envisioning the powers moving from a "low" amount of damage to a "high" amount of damage. Naturally, I'm going to do that by increasing the number of dice they use to roll the damage, but also I wanted to represent that by shifting from one damage type to another. For example, shifting from 1. thunder damage to 2. lightning and thunder damage, & finally to 3. lightning damage.

So, I guess my question is: Is lightning & thunder damage "less than" pure lightning damage?
My gut says no. What do you think?
#2
salla
Jul 07, 2010 12:47:55
Hi All,

I'm putting together a couple new powers & things, & I was wondering what the general concensus was about damage types.

Specifically, is mixing damage types a very large advantage?

At the moment, I'm working on a couple of powers for a leader-type class. I'm envisioning the powers moving from a "low" amount of damage to a "high" amount of damage. Naturally, I'm going to do that by increasing the number of dice they use to roll the damage, but also I wanted to represent that by shifting from one damage type to another. For example, shifting from 1. thunder damage to 2. lightning and thunder damage, & finally to 3. lightning damage.

So, I guess my question is: Is lightning & thunder damage "less than" pure lightning damage?
My gut says no. What do you think?

Resistance and immunity aren't as widespread as they used to be in previous editions, but if you do run into a creature with a single resistance, a combined damage type can be helpful. With your example, if you run into a creature with either lightning or thunder resistance, it will not resist any damage that is both thunder and lightning.
#3
Neutronium_Dragon
Jul 07, 2010 14:00:40 "Lightning and Thunder" also allows you to apply a wider range of feats and features to the damage (and other effects), so it's a much stronger type than "Lightning" or "Thunder" alone.
#4
thewaever
Jul 08, 2010 13:51:48 K, yeah, that's kind of what I figured. thanks for the input

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 thewaever Jul 07, 2010 12:35:44	Hi All, I'm putting together a couple new powers & things, & I was wondering what the general concensus was about damage types. Specifically, is mixing damage types a very large advantage? At the moment, I'm working on a couple of powers for a leader-type class. I'm envisioning the powers moving from a "low" amount of damage to a "high" amount of damage. Naturally, I'm going to do that by increasing the number of dice they use to roll the damage, but also I wanted to represent that by shifting from one damage type to another. For example, shifting from 1. thunder damage to 2. lightning and thunder damage, & finally to 3. lightning damage. So, I guess my question is: Is lightning & thunder damage "less than" pure lightning damage? My gut says no. What do you think?
#2 salla Jul 07, 2010 12:47:55	Hi All, I'm putting together a couple new powers & things, & I was wondering what the general concensus was about damage types. Specifically, is mixing damage types a very large advantage? At the moment, I'm working on a couple of powers for a leader-type class. I'm envisioning the powers moving from a "low" amount of damage to a "high" amount of damage. Naturally, I'm going to do that by increasing the number of dice they use to roll the damage, but also I wanted to represent that by shifting from one damage type to another. For example, shifting from 1. thunder damage to 2. lightning and thunder damage, & finally to 3. lightning damage. So, I guess my question is: Is lightning & thunder damage "less than" pure lightning damage? My gut says no. What do you think? Resistance and immunity aren't as widespread as they used to be in previous editions, but if you do run into a creature with a single resistance, a combined damage type can be helpful. With your example, if you run into a creature with either lightning or thunder resistance, it will not resist any damage that is both thunder and lightning.
#3 Neutronium_Dragon Jul 07, 2010 14:00:40	"Lightning and Thunder" also allows you to apply a wider range of feats and features to the damage (and other effects), so it's a much stronger type than "Lightning" or "Thunder" alone.
#4 thewaever Jul 08, 2010 13:51:48	K, yeah, that's kind of what I figured. thanks for the input