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Damage types in the 2024 #dnd rules
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Apr 30, 2025
Damage types in the 2024 #dnd rules are a bit more interesting than in the 2014 rules. I still wish vulnerabilities were more common, though. #dnd5e #2024dnd #trrpg #characteroptimization #dungeonsanddragons
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damage types in D and D do matter a
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little bit in the 2014 rules it was
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pretty common for monsters to have
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resistance to non-magical bludgeoning
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piercing and slashing damage which
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obviously you get around with just any
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random magic weapon so plus one sword
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and you're good to go in the 2024 rules
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that damage resistance has gone away but
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they are using more dam but they are
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using damage types more strategically in
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monster and character design so the kind
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of basic damage types bludgeoning
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piercing slashing fire those still exist
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they work fine but different damage
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types fit at basically different tiers
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of how reliable and effective they are
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so like your your weapon damage types
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are almost always going to work there
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are a handful of creatures that have
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just straight damage resistance to those
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damage types but it's only a handful and
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then your energy damage types fire cold
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lightning acid they're going to have
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some mix of like how prevalent the
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resistance is fire resistance is going
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to be the most common um and then above
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those you have radiant psychic necrotic
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and force damage and thunder damage so I
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almost forgot that one those are really
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your like gold top tier best you can get
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damage types because resistances to
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those damage types are so infrequent a
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lot of creatures at high levels and a
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lot of highle character abilities give
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you the ability to deal those damage
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types specifically to get around damage
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resistances to other damage types there
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are creatures that will have resistance
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to like radiant necrotic there are a
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couple of creatures that have resistance
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to force and thunder damage but they're
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very very rare so if you can use those
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damage types your damage is going to be
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more reliable but that typically comes
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at a cost if you compare spells that
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deal radiant damage versus something
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like fire damage fire damage spells will
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typically deal more damage because that
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resistance is less common so you're
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trading the ability to get around
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resistances for slightly lower damage
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and that's a conscious choice that
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they're being much better about making
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in the 2024 rules
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