Thread: Damage Reduction (Pathfinder)
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June 11th, 2018, 20:08 #1
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Damage Reduction (Pathfinder)
Hi all, I propogated my map with some swarms (spider swarms) that are immune to weapon damage and other monsters that have DR. But when the PCs attack them the DR doesn't kick in and against the swarms the weapon damage immunity doesn't kick in? Anyone know the problem? Thanks all!
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June 11th, 2018, 20:14 #2
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June 11th, 2018, 20:27 #3
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Excellent thank you good man
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June 11th, 2018, 21:57 #4
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The Pathfinder ruleset does not implement the damage reduction for swarms, since it is a fairly complex rule that has never been implemented. Also, there's also not a clear way to determine what is "weapon" damage (though you could probably assume B/P/S).
The only automation based on creature type is critical/nonlethal immunity and whether a creature dies at zero or can go negative.
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June 11th, 2018, 22:19 #5
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Hmm but I have seen damage Reduction work on certain monsters when they get hit it says "damage resisted"? I would like for it to say that
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June 11th, 2018, 23:03 #6
That is for the specific rule of "damage reduction" or "resistance" - see those relevant entries here: https://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/...sterRules.html
A swarm does not specifically use DR or Resistance - as Moon Wizard says, it is fairly complex and it's not 100% possible to determine what is "weapon damage".
If you want to work like DR/Resistance then you can add those effects to the NPC once in the combat tracker. See the DR effect here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/wiki/...ects#Modifiers
Or add DR to the NPC defensive abilities section before adding to the combat tracker - see the "damage reduction" syntax in the link I provided above. The issue you will have is that DR is a specific value, not "half" damage. Half damage is not a concept in standard Pathfinder damage reduction.Private Messages: My inbox is forever filling up with PMs. Please don't send me PMs unless they are actually private/personal messages. General FG questions should be asked in the forums - don't be afraid, the FG community don't bite and you're giving everyone the chance to respond and learn!
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June 12th, 2018, 01:09 #7
IIRC, if you have the effect 'swarm traits' it will apply weapon damage immunity.
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June 12th, 2018, 01:12 #8
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Yes it has swarms traits but weapon damage immunity doesn't get applied. That's what I mean.
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June 12th, 2018, 01:28 #10
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Ohh I see, so maybe on the swarms when they try to attack it I should manually insert something like "DR: 50-" just so no weapons will be able to penetrate it? Would that work?
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