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Mystic Muse
2010-09-17, 12:37 PM
I'm looking for a ring of immunity to acid but I can't find one in the SRD, or an energy immunity spell.

If one doesn't exist, what level would the playground set the energy immunity spell at?

Ernir
2010-09-17, 12:40 PM
There is a ring in the SRD, but it's epicly expensive. (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/magicItems/rings.htm#energyImmunity)

The spell you are looking for is in the Spell Compendium, and (predictably) called "Energy Immunity". 24 hour duration, Cleric/Druid 6, Sor/Wiz 7.

Starbuck_II
2010-09-17, 12:46 PM
I'm looking for a ring of immunity to acid but I can't find one in the SRD, or an energy immunity spell.

If one doesn't exist, what level would the playground set the energy immunity spell at?

Look in MIC for that.

Person_Man
2010-09-17, 02:00 PM
Is there a reason you need Acid Immunity, and not just Energy Resistance (Acid) 20+ish? Because the latter is relatively easy to get, whereas the former is relatively difficult and expensive.

Mystic Muse
2010-09-17, 02:02 PM
Is there a reason you need Acid Immunity, and not just Energy Resistance (Acid) 20+ish? Because the latter is relatively easy to get, whereas the former is relatively difficult and expensive.

I think swimming in acid is going to do a bit more than 20 or 30 damage. Of course, I may be confusing the amount of damage acid does with lava.

Radiun
2010-09-17, 02:06 PM
I think swimming in acid is going to do a bit more than 20 or 30 damage. Of course, I may be confusing the amount of damage acid does with lava.

If you must go through it instead of flying above it, I recommend

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/telekineticSphere.htm

But then again, your circumstances may make this impossible.

Claudius Maximus
2010-09-17, 02:07 PM
It only does 10d6, right? 30 won't quite cut it, but it'll only average 5 damage per round.

Mystic Muse
2010-09-17, 02:09 PM
It only does 10d6, right? 30 won't quite cut it, but it'll only average 5 damage per round.

I was under the impression it was 20d6. If it's 10d6 I could probably just go with the 30 damage ring and a scroll of protection from energy or two.

EDIT: yep, only 10d6. Thanks!

Eldariel
2010-09-17, 02:26 PM
I was under the impression it was 20d6. If it's 10d6 I could probably just go with the 30 damage ring and a scroll of protection from energy or two.

EDIT: yep, only 10d6. Thanks!

It's a lava dip that does 20d6.

Starbuck_II
2010-09-17, 02:44 PM
It's a lava dip that does 20d6.

Bah, Lava can't harm you if you have resistance to fire 1. That grants you immunity.

Zanatos777
2010-09-17, 03:12 PM
Bah, Lava can't harm you if you have resistance to fire 1. That grants you immunity.

That's Scion, not D&D.

Person_Man
2010-09-17, 03:13 PM
The broken Saint template (BoED, +2 LA) provides immunity to Acid, and a wide variety of other buffs.

But really you just need Energy Resistance (Acid) 60. Evil Incarnate can rack up DR 10 + (5*essentia invested) ER (Acid) with the Planar Chasuble soulmeld, plus ER (Universal) 3 * (essentia invested) with the Dragon Mantle soulmeld (and it explicitly stacks with all other ER, unlike everything else). Unfortunately, essentia capacity is pretty limited. So you couldn't pull it off until around 15th level.

Though you pull off ER (Acid) 40ish and a form of Fast Healing (which can be augmented with the Theraputic Mantle soulmeld), you could pull it off much earlier, especially if you'd be willing to invest in a feat and a magic item to expand the capacity of Planar Chasuble.

Greenish
2010-09-17, 03:16 PM
That's Scion, not D&D.It works in D&D 3.5 too, perhaps due bad wording: "An immunity or resistance to fire serves as an immunity to lava or magma."

Paul H
2010-09-19, 01:11 AM
Hi

And Energy Immunity also specifically extends to all your kit, Resistance doesn't.
(Had a weapon dissolved in acid after I hit something three times. GM didn't even allow hardness)! :(

Cheers
Paul H

FelixG
2010-09-19, 01:14 AM
Hi

And Energy Immunity also specifically extends to all your kit, Resistance doesn't.
(Had a weapon dissolved in acid after I hit something three times. GM didn't even allow hardness)! :(

Cheers
Paul H

If its a magic item giving it i would assume your kit would benefit as well.

Though the GM wasnt even being mean there, acid (and sonic i think) ignore items hardness when damaging them, it makes a vial of acid a wonderful substitute for a lock pick!

thubby
2010-09-19, 04:22 AM
Hi

And Energy Immunity also specifically extends to all your kit, Resistance doesn't.
(Had a weapon dissolved in acid after I hit something three times. GM didn't even allow hardness)! :(

Cheers
Paul H

im pretty sure this isn't right.
spells that do not include your gear as "you" are explicit exceptions, and i'm not seeing such an exception (or inclusion if you want to go the other way) under either spell in the srd.

Jack_Simth
2010-09-19, 12:19 PM
It only does 10d6, right? 30 won't quite cut it, but it'll only average 5 damage per round.
It'll average a bit more than that, actually - as the rounds where the damage roll is below your resistance are 0's, and don't heal you. Take the example of a person with Acid Resistance 5, getting hit with 2d6 (average 7) Acid damage per round:
{table=head]Base Damage|Probability|Net Damage
2|1/36|0
3|2/36|0
4|3/36|0
5|4/36|0
6|5/36|1
7|6/36|2
8|5/36|3
9|4/36|4
10|3/36|5
11|2/36|6
12|1/36|7
[/table]
The average (after weighting) is 2.2777... damage per round, rather than the 2.0 damage per round that you'd get from simply subtracting the amount of resistance from the average damage roll.

Not that anyone cares, as the distinction is reasonably small...

Foryn Gilnith
2010-09-19, 12:28 PM
Why not just buy a Minor Schema of Energy Immunity? About 26K gp for Energy Immunity 1/day [the Cleric version is level 6 and therefore fits]. Just make a DC 12 caster level check or a DC 31 Use Magic Device check. Magic of Eberron has rules.

Greenish
2010-09-20, 05:41 AM
acid (and sonic i think) ignore items hardness when damaging themWell, that's one interpretation. :smallamused:

Malbordeus
2010-09-20, 07:24 AM
you could always get turned into a black or green half-dragon
or take levels in Dragon Shaman? cant remember what level they get immunity at.

Paul H
2010-09-20, 03:01 PM
Hi

Actually 'Full Damage' is a misnomer.

Elemental damage is first divided as a fraction, then full hardness is deducted from damage taken.

Eg:
Fireball does 30pts of damage. This is halved to 15 pts. Deduct 10 for say, metal object, so 5 pts net damage.

Same example - Acid Ball does 30 pts damage. Damage is Full (not halved), deduct same 10 for hardness, so 20 pts net damage. Very big difference!

Cheers
Paul H

Mystic Muse
2010-09-20, 03:18 PM
you could always get turned into a black or green half-dragon
or take levels in Dragon Shaman? cant remember what level they get immunity at.

Can't. All the creatures levels are currently being used and I've banned the Polymorph line. Plus, my policy is, if something is broken enough I won't allow my players to use it, I shouldn't use it either.

Telonius
2010-09-20, 03:21 PM
How long do you need to be in the acid? A scroll of Etherealness plus Haste and some Double Moving should let you get through it.