KhybersGhost
December 17th, 2011, 02:29
......and only takes half damage.
So, I am getting a little more into the automated aspects of the software and was curious how other people handle spells that do half damage on successful reflex saves. (Or similar spells) Currently, when selected a large group of monsters, those that successfully save are automatically deselected. This makes applying damage to those creatures that failed their saves a simple matter, but then re-selecting the ones that are only to receive half damage is a little bit of a pain.
At the moment, I have my players setup their spells that function like this to do half their listed damage. I have them apply it to start then roll their cast (triggering saves) and apply the second half to those that didn't save. This is functional but has some weaknesses
Uneven damage when dealing odd dice value damage (5d6, 7d6 etc)
Does not work well with certain abilities like evade
Does not take spell resistance into account for initial damage
Applies elemental resistance twice against the same spell
So, I am getting a little more into the automated aspects of the software and was curious how other people handle spells that do half damage on successful reflex saves. (Or similar spells) Currently, when selected a large group of monsters, those that successfully save are automatically deselected. This makes applying damage to those creatures that failed their saves a simple matter, but then re-selecting the ones that are only to receive half damage is a little bit of a pain.
At the moment, I have my players setup their spells that function like this to do half their listed damage. I have them apply it to start then roll their cast (triggering saves) and apply the second half to those that didn't save. This is functional but has some weaknesses
Uneven damage when dealing odd dice value damage (5d6, 7d6 etc)
Does not work well with certain abilities like evade
Does not take spell resistance into account for initial damage
Applies elemental resistance twice against the same spell