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EisenKreutzer
2017-01-31, 07:37 AM
The rules on Bleed effects state:


Bleed

A creature that is taking bleed damage takes the listed amount of damage at the beginning of its turn. Bleeding can be stopped by a DC 15 Heal check or through the application of any spell that cures hit point damage (even if the bleed is ability damage). Some bleed effects cause ability damage or even ability drain. Bleed effects do not stack with each other unless they deal different kinds of damage. When two or more bleed effects deal the same kind of damage, take the worse effect. In this case, ability drain is worse than ability damage.

So, is there any way to get bleed damage to stack through manipulating damage types?
If a die of bleed damage is added to an attack that also has a die of fire damage added to it, is there any way to choose which damage type the bleed deals, for example?

exelsisxax
2017-01-31, 07:51 AM
The rules on Bleed effects state:



So, is there any way to get bleed damage to stack through manipulating damage types?
If a die of bleed damage is added to an attack that also has a die of fire damage added to it, is there any way to choose which damage type the bleed deals, for example?

No. You are misreading the rule. There are no types of bleed damage just as there are no types of slashing damage. It IS the damage type.

What it is referring to is that you can deal normal bleed(to HP), then apply an ability damage bleed(no idea if these exist) and they both continue to deal damage.

The only way to stack bleed damage to health is to use sources of bleed damage that say they stack, like from a wounding weapon.

EisenKreutzer
2017-01-31, 08:04 AM
No. You are misreading the rule. There are no types of bleed damage just as there are no types of slashing damage. It IS the damage type.

What it is referring to is that you can deal normal bleed(to HP), then apply an ability damage bleed(no idea if these exist) and they both continue to deal damage.

The only way to stack bleed damage to health is to use sources of bleed damage that say they stack, like from a wounding weapon.

Ok, thats fair. But if I have an attack that does Dex damage, for example, and apply a Bleed effect through a feat, that would then become Dexterity Bleed and thus would also apply?

Necroticplague
2017-01-31, 08:29 AM
Ok, thats fair. But if I have an attack that does Dex damage, for example, and apply a Bleed effect through a feat, that would then become Dexterity Bleed and thus would also apply?

No. Bleed is always just HP unless it very specifically says otherswise. I know Gunslingers get a Deed that allows them to do normal bleed and ability bleed, though.