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Cedrass
2010-01-23, 03:01 PM
Ok, basically I'm building a Flash app to calculate damage and attack automatically.

It's going well, but I want to make sure I have the most complete list of damage types possible, and right now, I really feel like I am missing some. This is what I have:


Fire
Cold
Electricity
Acid
Positive Energy
Negative Energy
Piercing
Bludgeoning
Slashing
Force
Sonic
Divine
Untyped
Vile
Non-Lethal


I feel like it is far from complete. So I am turning to you Playgrounders, what are the types I am missing?

Edit: Added the types named in the responses.

Edit2: I also forgot to say, I only want damage types that can be done by a weapon that targets HP (there you go ozgun92 :smallwink:), including if they are enchanted by a spell. Sorry I should have said so before!

vanyell
2010-01-23, 03:01 PM
Piercing
Bludgeoning
Slashing
Force
Sonic
I think poison damage is considered it's own damage type

Eloel
2010-01-23, 03:04 PM
Divine
Falling
Typeless

vanyell
2010-01-23, 03:07 PM
Vile Damage

Eloel
2010-01-23, 03:10 PM
Strength Damage
Dexterity Damage
Constitution Damage
Intelligence Damage
Wisdom Damage
Charisma Damage

You never specified damage vs HP :p

Also, I see you didn't put in Falling damage - you should, it's a kind of damage you can find in PHB & SRD even.

Cedrass
2010-01-23, 03:10 PM
Strength Damage
Dexterity Damage
Constitution Damage
Intelligence Damage
Wisdom Damage
Charisma Damage

You never specified damage vs HP :p

Agh! Ok you got me, I'll specify it! :smallwink:

jokey665
2010-01-23, 03:12 PM
"City" from Cityscape, though don't think anything resists it so it might as well be typeless.

Zaydos
2010-01-23, 03:14 PM
hellfire
falling (again)

Eloel
2010-01-23, 03:15 PM
You forgot one of the main types.

Non-Lethal.

Siosilvar
2010-01-23, 03:23 PM
Boiling water deals 1d6 points of scalding damage

Damage from temperatures above 90 degrees F is nonlethal, then either untyped, heat, or fire, depending on your DM's ruling.

Lava is technically untyped but fire resistance applies.

Cedrass
2010-01-23, 03:27 PM
"City" from Cityscape, though don't think anything resists it so it might as well be typeless.

Yeah, I don't think I will add it. Too specific, and if really nothing has "City resistance" it's better off left untyped.

Falling and scalding and those kinds of damage I will not add to the list, since I'm looking for damage types a weapon can deal.

Thank you everyone, my list was far from complete!!

Edit: I'm still not sure a weapon can deal positive or negative energy damage. Can anyone confirm?

dragonfan6490
2010-01-23, 03:31 PM
Don't forget the all important Fiat damage! Caused by: Brick Lightning, Rocks Falling, DMPC, etc.

Eloel
2010-01-23, 03:35 PM
Edit: I'm still not sure a weapon can deal positive or negative energy damage. Can anyone confirm?

Do you count Spellstoring weapons' stored spells? If not, you're looking at a good reduction of types in there.

Sophismata
2010-01-23, 03:39 PM
Hellfire is Untyped, rather than its own category. I'd actually call 'Typeless' 'Untyped' instead, it sounds a bit better.

Poison damage is sometimes considered its own damage type, in the instances where it deals HP damage.

Cedrass
2010-01-23, 03:45 PM
Do you count Spellstoring weapons' stored spells? If not, you're looking at a good reduction of types in there.

Nah I won't. This can be rolled by the player when the spell is activated.

I'll change Typeless to Untyped and remove Hellfire from the list.

Eloel
2010-01-23, 03:47 PM
Nah I won't. This can be rolled by the player when the spell is activated.

I'll change Typeless to Untyped and remove Hellfire from the list.

That should remove Divine from list - the only way I know of to deal Divine damage is by spells.

Brennan
2010-01-23, 03:49 PM
I believe there is drowning damage included in the description of water traps in my Dungeon Master's guide. [3.0]

Rasman
2010-01-23, 04:12 PM
does Subdual Damage fall under non-lethal?

Cedrass
2010-01-23, 04:13 PM
I'm pretty sure it's the same.

Eloel
2010-01-23, 04:13 PM
does Subdual Damage fall under non-lethal?

Those are synonyms afaik.

Quietus
2010-01-23, 04:25 PM
Re: Nonlethal

Should probably have this as a flag, as opposed to a damage "type". Because you can have "subdual fire damage". In fact, vile might be the same, not too familiar with that though.

FishAreWet
2010-01-23, 04:52 PM
Dessication

Temotei
2010-01-23, 05:00 PM
Is there exalted damage?