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2024-02-17, 10:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Damage type for sandstorm?
Quick hit, but not really suitable for the RAW thread: what damage type would you use for a sandstorm? Picture something like an Arrakeen sandstorm, flaying the meat off the bone by abrasion at a few d6 per round. For purposes of immunities, resistances, and vulnerabilities, what damage type makes the most sense?
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2024-02-17, 10:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Damage type for sandstorm?
Bludgeoning or piercing, I think. Probably piercing.
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2024-02-18, 12:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Damage type for sandstorm?
Hmm! I'd have said slashing, actually, since the sand isn't penetrating deeply but rather tearing the surface away.
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2024-02-18, 12:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Damage type for sandstorm?
Since you reference Dune, are sandstorms likely to be a recurring theme? It might be best to leave it as Sandstorm damage, since the gear needed to protect from it, like a good mask and goggles, shouldn't really be affecting weapon resistance.
Otherwise, piercing sounds about right.
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Re: Damage type for sandstorm?
Damage types are largely interchangeable so just pick one and go with it. Alternatively mix them up like flame strike does though that can get cumbersome.
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2024-02-18, 09:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Damage type for sandstorm?
Pick a physical, add a smidge of fire.
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Re: Damage type for sandstorm?
I would go with slashing, since piercing seems to be countered by some forms of clothing or protective equipment.
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2024-02-18, 12:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Damage type for sandstorm?
Slashing with modified drowning rules. Maybe blindness, too.
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2024-02-18, 02:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Damage type for sandstorm?
Slashing damage, as 3.5's Sandstorm merely delineates lethal and nonlethal as conditional on the intensity of the storm, but even then, it only deals 1d3 damage, not d6s of it. You'd probably also want to include Strength or Constitution saves to avoid being pushed back by the wind, as well as disadvantage on ranged weapon attacks and Perception checks.
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2024-02-18, 02:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Damage type for sandstorm?
+1 slashing, and of course throw in difficult terrain, obscurement etc.
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2024-02-19, 10:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Damage type for sandstorm?
Honestly, it doesn't really 100% fit any type. There are aspects of all three physical types but none of them are a perfect match. If the game had something called "Erosive" or "Blasting" damage, it would be that.
I agree with the suggestion to leave it as its own type of damage, which nobody has resistance to.
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2024-02-20, 08:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Damage type for sandstorm?
Sandstorms should deal earth damage. Simple and avoids interactions with exciting damage types.
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Re: Damage type for sandstorm?
Why, thunder damage, of course!!
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2024-02-20, 10:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Damage type for sandstorm?
I honestly like the idea that physical damage resistance would help you against a sandstorm though. I don't think an Earth Elemental or a Mummy would take the same damage from a sandstorm as a normal person - heck, even a Barbarian should be able to pop rage and resist it, dervish-style. So maybe I change my answer and say it does all three (BPS), and resistance to all three applies.
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2024-02-21, 12:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Damage type for sandstorm?
I actually haven't decided, either of those could work. 5e seems to favor the former (and it's easier) so that's probably what I'd end up with.
(It would probably be closer to 1d10 each than 1 each, though, using the Improvising Damage rules.)Last edited by Psyren; 2024-02-23 at 08:58 AM.
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2024-02-23, 02:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Damage type for sandstorm?
Slashing damage to start with. It is lots of tiny shallow slices as sand swipes past you. (just like sandpaper would be slashing)
As the wind grows stronger it is picking up larger rocks. Then there would be a risk of bludgeoning damage in addition to the ongoing slashing.
Finally the wind picks up even more. Its projectiles are tunneling through the walls it hits. At that time all the damage becomes piercing.
So, slashing damage for your sandstorm.Last edited by OldTrees1; 2024-02-23 at 02:14 AM.