5E - Resistance is Futile

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February 26th, 2025, 21:50
Farratto

5E - Resistance is Futile
Resistance is Futile

Current Version: v1.1.10
Updated: 2025-09-11

This extension adds effects for extra functionality around damage resistance and immunity.

Installation

Recommend disable and hide Blissful Ignornance from Fantasy Grounds Forge and delete BlissfulIgnorance.ext from your extensions folder.
You can find the source code at Farratto's GitHub.
You can ask questions at the Fantasy Grounds Forum.

Details

The following targetable Effects have been added:
- ABSORB: (n), types - When the target takes damage from one of the provided damage types, they instead are healed for n times the damage. n is optional and defaults to 1. e.g. "ABSORB: lightning" may be used for a shambling mound.
- IGNORE[R]: types - Damage dealt by the bearer of this effect will ignore R to any of the damage types, where R can be one of ABSORB, IMMUNE, RESIST, or VULN. e.g. "IGNORERESIST: fire" for a Fire Elemental Adept.
- [R1]TO[R2]: types - Damage dealt by the bearer of this effect will treat R1 as R2 for any of the damage types, where R1 and R2 may be one of ABSORB, IMMUNE, RESIST, or VULN. e.g. "IMMUNETORESIST: radiant" would cause the damage dealt by a paladin's divine smite to treat radiant immunity as radiant resistance instead.
- MAKEVULN: types - Damage dealt by the bearer of this effect will treat a creature without any sort of resistance to the damage types as if they were vulnerable. e.g. "MAKEVULN: slashing" would cause a wraith to take double damage from magic swords, but still take half damage from nonmagical, unsilvered swords.
- MAKERESIST: types - Functions the same as MAKEVULN.
- REDUCE: n, types - This functions exactly as RESIST: n, except it will also stack with normal resistance.
- UNHEALABLE: (types) - The bearer of this effect cannot benefit from any healing of the associated types. types is optional and may be any combination of "heal", "hitdice", and "rest", separated by commas. If types is not provided, then all types of healing are prevented.
- DMGMULT: n - The bearer of this effect has all of their damage dealt multiplied by n. If n is negative, damage will heal instead.
- DMGEDMULT: n - The bearer of this effect has all of their damage taken multiplied by n. If n is negative, damage will heal instead.
- HEALMULT: n (types) - The bearer of this effect has all of their healing done multiplied by n. If n is negative, healing will damage instead. In this case, you may optionally specify damage types separated by a comma.
- HEALEDMULT: n, (types) - The bearer of this effect has all of their healing received multiplied by n. types is optional and may be any combination of "heal", "hitdice", and "rest", separated by commas. If types is not provided, then all types of healing are multiplied. If n is negative, healing will damage instead. In this case, you may optionally specify damage types separated by a comma.
Attribution

Resistance is Futile is a rebranding of MeAndUnique's Blissful Ignorance, now maintained by Farratto under the MIT license.
Icon made by Delapouite from Game-icons.net.
SmiteWorks owns rights to code sections copied from their rulesets by permission for Fantasy Grounds community development.
'Fantasy Grounds' is a trademark of SmiteWorks USA, LLC.
'Fantasy Grounds' is Copyright 2004-2021 SmiteWorks USA LLC.

Change Log
- v1.1.10: FIXED: several coding tags were broken from v4.7 some time ago.
- v1.1.9: FIXED: 5E ruleset update on 2025-09-02 introduced error triggered by damage rolls.
- v1.1.8: removed DMGTYPENEW rendered obsolete by DMGBASETYPE
- v1.1.7: Rebranding to Resistance is Futile.
- v1.1.6-rc6: Console log spamming. FIXED.
- v1.1.6-rc5: Support for negative n on DMGMULT DMGEDMULT HEALMULT HEALEDMULT
- v1.1.6-rc4: Increased compatibility with other Extensions.
- v1.1.6-rc3: Rare Bug Error Protection. Compressed icon.
- v1.1.6-rc2: New tag: DMGTYPENEW replaces damage types.
- v1.1.6-rc1: new modifier tag: MAKERESIST
February 27th, 2025, 07:24
MrDDT

Awesome thank you for this.
March 2nd, 2025, 17:33
satyr451

Thanks for this and all your other extensions you rescued. Kick ***.
March 2nd, 2025, 21:54
Arnagus

Also from me: many thanks for rescuing this and the other „Me“ extensions so critical for GP!
March 7th, 2025, 05:50
Bonkon

Good Day Farrato :)
I was just trying the IGNORERESIST: fire for an Elemental Adept and it did not seem to bypass a creatures resistance to fire damage. I tested it in a clean campaign. Unless I am just doing something wrong. I just put the effect IGNORERESIST: fire onto the target NPC.
March 7th, 2025, 07:44
MrDDT

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bonkon

Good Day Farrato :)
I was just trying the IGNORERESIST: fire for an Elemental Adept and it did not seem to bypass a creatures resistance to fire damage. I tested it in a clean campaign. Unless I am just doing something wrong. I just put the effect IGNORERESIST: fire onto the target NPC.

It goes on the caster, not the target.
March 7th, 2025, 16:38
Bonkon

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrDDT

It goes on the caster, not the target.

Good Day MrDDT :)
I guess I should have read the description a bit better! "Damage dealt by the bearer of this effect". I think my comprehension is dropping a bit as I age! Thanks :)
March 9th, 2025, 11:11
Fingersome

Would be useful to allow Temporary Hit Point healing while being able to disable regular healing. There are a fair few spells and effects that mean that a creature can't regain Hit Points... but I don't believe that ought to affect them gaining Temporary Hit Points...?
March 11th, 2025, 14:02
Farratto

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Originally Posted by Fingersome

Would be useful to allow Temporary Hit Point healing while being able to disable regular healing. There are a fair few spells and effects that mean that a creature can't regain Hit Points... but I don't believe that ought to affect them gaining Temporary Hit Points...?

Better Combat Effects Gold already does this. It's an option. See screenshot.Attachment 63744
March 25th, 2025, 21:40
metaldm007

Hey there. I've been trying out the DMGTYPENEW effect on the Javelin of Lightning, but it doesn't change the damage type or react to damage being dealt even when set to expire on roll. The syntax should be

Code:

Javelin of Lightning; DMGTYPENEW: lightning (targeting self, expending on next roll)

Correct?
March 25th, 2025, 22:02
MrDDT

Quote:

Originally Posted by metaldm007

Hey there. I've been trying out the DMGTYPENEW effect on the Javelin of Lightning, but it doesn't change the damage type or react to damage being dealt even when set to expire on roll. The syntax should be

Code:

Javelin of Lightning; DMGTYPENEW: lightning (targeting self, expending on next roll)

Correct?

No you can't put extra stuff in the damage type.

Code:

Javelin of Lightning; DMGTYPENEW: lightning

You can also use this if you want to keep your note.

Code:

Javelin of Lightning; DMGTYPENEW: lightning; (targeting self, expending on next roll)

Also wanted to note, that in the next update of FG coming next month, the new coding for this will be DMGBASETYPE and it will be core FG coding effect.
March 25th, 2025, 23:10
metaldm007

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrDDT

No you can't put extra stuff in the damage type.

Code:

Javelin of Lightning; DMGTYPENEW: lightning

You can also use this if you want to keep your note.

Code:

Javelin of Lightning; DMGTYPENEW: lightning; (targeting self, expending on next roll)

Also wanted to note, that in the next update of FG coming next month, the new coding for this will be DMGBASETYPE and it will be core FG coding effect.

I just put those brackets there to indicate the options in the Spell/Ability Effect field; they aren't part of the actual code.
March 26th, 2025, 12:23
Farratto

Quote:

Originally Posted by metaldm007

Hey there. I've been trying out the DMGTYPENEW effect on the Javelin of Lightning, but it doesn't change the damage type or react to damage being dealt even when set to expire on roll. The syntax should be

Code:

Javelin of Lightning; DMGTYPENEW: lightning (targeting self, expending on next roll)

Correct?

I'm not sure if you're having a problem with Resistance is Futile or something else, but this effect tag will be deprecated in the next patch anyway. DMGBASETYPE will be part of base FGU functionality. DMGTYPENEW will be taken out of Resistance is Futile
March 26th, 2025, 19:01
metaldm007

I.... forgot to add the extension in Forge.

:square:
April 25th, 2025, 22:43
MColeman030

MAKEVULN is no longer working, is there a new way to use this function?
May 5th, 2025, 07:07
Accester

The IGNORER commands no longer seem to be working.
May 5th, 2025, 07:32
MrDDT

Quote:

Originally Posted by Accester

The IGNORER commands no longer seem to be working.

The last update broke this in a few ways and we are working on getting it fixed. It’s not super easy fix.
June 7th, 2025, 08:54
metaldm007

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrDDT

The last update broke this in a few ways and we are working on getting it fixed. It’s not super easy fix.

Figured I'd check in as the IGNORE effect is not working in the current version of FG.
June 7th, 2025, 09:08
MrDDT

Quote:

Originally Posted by metaldm007

Figured I'd check in as the IGNORE effect is not working in the current version of FG.

Yep, still broke. We know about it, just busy IRL. We've also been working on other projects that have been consuming our time. Sorry the issues this may have caused you.
July 8th, 2025, 18:08
Gilafron

I couldn't get 50% absorb to work. I tried "ABSORB: .5 poison", "ABSORB: (.5) poison", "ABSORB: .5, poison", "ABOSRB: (.5), poison". I'm not sure if I'm using the incorrect syntax or if it is something with the extension.
July 8th, 2025, 19:20
MrDDT

ABSORB is currently not working many of the features are not working in this EXT, we know about it and working on fixes.
July 13th, 2025, 01:22
jimlad42

Was just hopping over to see if I was doing something wrong or things were broken, glad to hear you're working on it!
Since I'm here, thank you MrDDT and Farratto, almost all my extensions come from your excellent work maintaining these extensions! Me and my players really appreciate it.
July 13th, 2025, 03:16
Farratto

sorry misstell
September 6th, 2025, 22:30
Darth Decisive

Hey there! Love this extension, but some of the core functions (ignore, R to R, absorb, etc) seem to not be working correctly, even if its the only extension loaded. That said, others, like REDUCE, do still seem to be working.

I saw you had reported you were aware of this a couple months back; just checking in to see if there was any progress on this, as the update from a couple days ago doesn't seem to have fixed it.
September 8th, 2025, 13:10
Farratto

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darth Decisive

Hey there! Love this extension, but some of the core functions (ignore, R to R, absorb, etc) seem to not be working correctly, even if its the only extension loaded. That said, others, like REDUCE, do still seem to be working.

I saw you had reported you were aware of this a couple months back; just checking in to see if there was any progress on this, as the update from a couple days ago doesn't seem to have fixed it.

Thank you for reporting. Unfortunately, there hasn't been any progress on this yet. It requires a complete rewrite due to core changes that were made on the ruleset level and I just haven't had time to take on that project yet. I'm sorry.
September 9th, 2025, 18:34
Darth Decisive

Understood, thanks for the heads up! Hopefully stuff calms down for you eventually. In the meantime, I'll keep an eye out and continue to support your work!
September 11th, 2025, 19:32
Farratto

Everything should be fixed now. Please let me know if you run into problems.
September 12th, 2025, 05:27
Darth Decisive

Seems to be working perfectly, even when combined with an absurd number of other extensions! Excellent work Farratto, appreciate your diligence as always!
November 22nd, 2025, 21:00
Zarttraz

Do these effects show up in the "Effects" dialog?
November 22nd, 2025, 21:12
Farratto

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zarttraz

Do these effects show up in the "Effects" dialog?

No, this extension will just give you more effect tags to work with when coding effects
January 5th, 2026, 05:51
Fingersome

Quote:

Originally Posted by Farratto

Everything should be fixed now. Please let me know if you run into problems.

For some reason, that so far eludes me, it appears as though the IGNORE[R] effect isn't working as intended - I tested it as IGNORERESIST: cold, then with a couple of other damage types, and the target still seems to be resistant. Not sure if i'm doing something wrong, or an FGU update has borked something.
January 5th, 2026, 08:46
Zacchaeus

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Originally Posted by Fingersome

For some reason, that so far eludes me, it appears as though the IGNORE[R] effect isn't working as intended - I tested it as IGNORERESIST: cold, then with a couple of other damage types, and the target still seems to be resistant. Not sure if i'm doing something wrong, or an FGU update has borked something.

This is working for me. Are you using any other extensions that might be interfering? Have you tested without any other extensions?
January 6th, 2026, 23:45
MrDDT

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fingersome

For some reason, that so far eludes me, it appears as though the IGNORE[R] effect isn't working as intended - I tested it as IGNORERESIST: cold, then with a couple of other damage types, and the target still seems to be resistant. Not sure if i'm doing something wrong, or an FGU update has borked something.

As Zacc said, I see this as working. Got any more info?
March 21st, 2026, 05:42
Fingersome

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MrDDT

As Zacc said, I see this as working. Got any more info?

The only extension I have loaded is Resistance is futile, and I've tested to see if any of the other effects are working; the ABSORB effect appears to work fine, so at least that part of its functionality is intact - but the IGNORE[R] effect seems to still not be working for me, and I'm still stumped as to why...

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I tested the IGNORE effect with other appendices E.G IGNOREIMMUNE, but those didn't work either...
March 21st, 2026, 21:41
Farratto

Resistance is Futile functionality is being absorbed into the rulesets as of the next version of Fantasy Grounds in a few weeks. This extension will no longer be useful after that. I will be retiring it at that time.
March 24th, 2026, 23:37
BaneTBC

Thanks for having picked this up from M&E and maintaining it.
March 25th, 2026, 04:09
Fingersome

Quote:

Originally Posted by Farratto

Resistance is Futile functionality is being absorbed into the rulesets as of the next version of Fantasy Grounds in a few weeks. This extension will no longer be useful after that. I will be retiring it at that time.

Glad to know it's getting official support so you'll have less work to do.

Quote:

Thanks for having picked this up from M&E and maintaining it.

Herehere! <3