I'm not sure 'negate' is the correct word, but essentially yes. A swarm has a single pool of hit points and 'acts as a single creature'.Cabral said:However, RAW does negate them?
frankthedm said:Just crack open your copy of the DMG2, I ain't lime-quoting it since it is not OGC.
I agree with this as being the RAW interpretation.frankthedm said:1 normal weapon hit unless the swarm or mob rules say otherwise. And don't forget those critters often take reduced damge from weapons a lot of the time.
I don't agree with this statement. The "immune to weapon damage" aspect (for most swarms) seems to be about negating physical attacks period, combat feats therefore getting rendered useless seems to be just a byproduct ...frankthedm said:These critters are there purposly to negate those feats so that masses of creatures are a danger to higher level PCs. I found enough use of Aid Another worked well enough in large groups.