D&D (2024) 2024 Assassin subclass

[EzekielRaiden]

Realistically when designing you should assume only creatures from MM.

There are numerous monsters which do not appear in the MM but which do appear in official adventures.

 

[Eubani]

There are numerous monsters which do not appear in the MM but which do appear in official adventures.

It is still too small an occurrence to be a worthwhile feature. Maybe count as acid damage rather than ignore poison resistance???

 

[UngeheuerLich]

I certainly hope so. More than 25% of all creatures printed for 5e have poison immunity. Admittedly, of them, more than half are undead or constructs, but that still means that more than 11% of all creatures have poison immunity just because. (Specifically, Elementals and Fiends have rampant poison immunity for no reason I can really discern--there are some that aren't immune, but they're rare.)

That does not mean that 25% of the creatures you encounter have poison resistance. In many games you fight a relative high numbers of humanoids.

It'd be better if the feature was, "Creatures immune to poison are instead resistant to this damage, and creatures resistant to poison take full damage."

Maybe. Maybe exclude undead and constructs though.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

That does not mean that 25% of the creatures you encounter have poison resistance. In many games you fight a relative high numbers of humanoids.

I did not say it was. I was very clear about what statistic I was describing. "More than 25% of all creatures published for 5e." Whether it is published does not tell us anything about how frequently it is seen.

Maybe. Maybe exclude undead and constructs though.

Given that's over half of the things with such immunities...

We've been through this song and dance before. Remember back in 3e, when constructs, undead, elementals, etc. were immune to sneak attack damage?

 

[UngeheuerLich]

I did not say it was. I was very clear about what statistic I was describing. "More than 25% of all creatures published for 5e." Whether it is published does not tell us anything about how frequently it is seen.


Given that's over half of the things with such immunities...

We've been through this song and dance before. Remember back in 3e, when constructs, undead, elementals, etc. were immune to sneak attack damage?

Yes. But healing spells already have the restriction of not working on undeads and constructs. Poison not working on them seems in the spirit of 5e.

 

[mellored]

You can always just deal sneak attack damage.

 

[ECMO3]

You can always just deal sneak attack damage.

Thank goodness! Arguably the best change from 3E.