Sunbeam

[aquaticrna]

hey, so i'm playing a druid right now and recently got into an argument with one of my fellow players over the sunbeam spell, namely the clause that says "Any creatures to which sunlight is harmful or unnatural take double damage." the question is what qualifies as harmful or unnatural? My friend is arguing that that shouldn't apply to kobalds because they do spend some (limited) amount of time on the surface. My argument is that they have light sensitivity and "dazzled" is a harmful effect. So we turn to the playground to settle the dispute.

[King Atticus]

Yep, I agree with you. Any creature that has any adverse effect listed in there description should qualify. Dazzled is adverse.

[Keld Denar]

I'm pretty sure they are refering to undead, in particular things like vampires and wraiths that have issues with daylight. I dunno if they were really considering non-supernatural creatures like orcs and drow.

[aquaticrna]

there is another specific section of the spell description talking about undead.

From the SRD:


For the duration of this spell, you can use a standard action to evoke a dazzling beam of intense light each round. You can call forth one beam per three caster levels (maximum six beams at 18th level). The spell ends when its duration runs out or your allotment of beams is exhausted.

Each creature in the beam is blinded and takes 4d6 points of damage. Any creatures to which sunlight is harmful or unnatural take double damage. A successful Reflex save negates the blindness and reduces the damage by half.

An undead creature caught within the beam takes 1d6 points of damage per caster level (maximum 20d6), or half damage if a Reflex save is successful. In addition, the beam results in the destruction of any undead creature specifically harmed by bright light if it fails its save.

The ultraviolet light generated by the spell deals damage to fungi, mold, oozes, and slimes just as if they were undead creatures.