09-30-2020, 01:21 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Jan 2019
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Flaming skull and Air Jet
Does the Air Jet spell inflict normal damage or knockback only to a Flaming Skull, who has the trait "diffuse"?
More in general can we consider all the "diffuse" beings as swarms or vaporous beings? Thanks Giuseppe |
09-30-2020, 01:30 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Sep 2016
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Re: Flaming skull and Air Jet
Not all things that are diffuse are vaporous or swarms. The example on Exploits p. 55 states Creatures of air, fire, or water; slimes; swarms; partially materialized spirits.. Of those, I think only creatures of air and swarms would count.
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09-30-2020, 01:46 PM | #3 |
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Location: Dallas, TX
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Re: Flaming skull and Air Jet
Yeah, I think RAW the flaming skull is not a creature of fire. But I would certainly see using some GM discretion here to score half damage.
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09-30-2020, 01:49 PM | #4 |
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Re: Flaming skull and Air Jet
Diffuse doesn't mean you're vapor. It means that most damage passes harmlessly through you, for whatever reason. Roughly:
Living: Lots of vital spots, nothing is a "safe" target; it's just that some targets are less not-safe than others.The only beings that take actual damage from Air Jet are swarms (including spore clouds) and things that are explicitly made up of vapors, like air elementals and toxifiers (both of which explicitly take double damage). If you're looking for telltale traits: All three of Aerial, Diffuse, and Flight (Lighter Than Air), or explicit Vulnerability to air attacks.
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09-30-2020, 02:08 PM | #5 |
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Re: Flaming skull and Air Jet
Many thanks for the definition!
Nevertheless I like the suggestion of whitelily, as from the description we can consider the Flaming Skull similar to a partially materialized spirit and in the same time made of flame: so half crushing damage from air jet. What do you think? |
10-02-2020, 03:02 PM | #6 | |
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Re: Flaming skull and Air Jet
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10-02-2020, 04:10 PM | #7 | |
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Re: Flaming skull and Air Jet
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