Air Genasis and Stinking Cloud

[Longbow]

Air Genasi are Breathless: Air genasi do not breathe, so they are immune to drowning, suffocation, and attacks that require inhalation.

I´m wondering about the Stinking Cloud spell. Would an Air Genasi be immune to it?

 

[mvincent]

Yup (note: other DM's might legitimately interpret this differently though)

 

[lukelightning]

Nope.

Nowhere in the stinking cloud spell does it say you have to breath it to be affected. Otherwise anyone could just hold their breath and ignore it.

Though, in the spirit of mvincent's post, I could see a legitimate reason to say they are immune; however I would definitly say that just holding your breath doesn't protect you; you need to have actual immunity to gasses.

 

[mvincent]

Nowhere in the stinking cloud spell does it say you have to breath it to be affected.

Same as for cloudkill, Dust of Sneezing and Choking and any inhaled poison. A DM should rule similarly for those since the text for Necklace of adaptation seems to put cloudkill, stinking cloud effects and inhaled poisons in the same category.

Also note: non-breathers would also technically be subject to the Suffocation rules (strictly as written) since they make no allowances otherwise, but we can probably all agree that it isn't the case.

I would definitly say that just holding your breath doesn't protect you; you need to have actual immunity to gasses.

Agreed (since the poisons description says "Holding one’s breath is ineffective against inhaled poisons; they affect the nasal membranes, tear ducts, and other parts of the body").

 

[Rackhir]

Same as for cloudkill, Dust of Sneezing and Choking and any inhaled poison (which even says "Holding one’s breath is ineffective against inhaled poisons; they affect the nasal membranes, tear ducts, and other parts of the body").

Would you rule the same for those?

Note that the text for Necklace of adaptation seems to put cloudkill, stinking cloud effects, inhaled poisons in the same category.

Also, the Suffocation rules (strictly as written) would technically apply to non-breathers.

A necklace of adaptation surrounds you with a barrier of breathable air, preventing the gasses from getting to you at all. Thus the immunity it grants. Most of these spells are negated, by poison immunity, not breathing of any sort.

 

[mvincent]

A necklace of adaptation surrounds you with a barrier of breathable air, preventing the gasses from getting to you at all.

I was not trying to imply otherwise... i.e. this does not appear to refute the actual points I was trying to make. It's possible that you misread my post (which I grant, would be very easy).

 

[Plane Sailing]

Since it doesn't say that they are immune to things that attack their sense of smell, I would consider them to have the normal vulnerability to stinking cloud (and troglodyte nausea etc).