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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FourthBear" data-source="post: 4040570" data-attributes="member: 55846">Well, back in the fire immunity for red dragons thread, I think we had a long discussion on this subject.  I think there are many ways to easily justify a creature with an attack that is capable of harming it.  After all, many fantasy stories involve opponents that can be harmed if their own attacks are turned against them.  I think it's a pretty naive assumption that simply because a dragon can breathe a fire attack that does 100 points of damage, that it must have 100 points of fire resistance.  You could probably come up with a dozen explanations off the top of your head.Secondarily, even if we do make this assumption, I believe that resistances are the preferred way to go.  If a dragon can do 100 points of fire damage, I don't see why it needs utter immunity, even under the simplest of assumptions.  It just needs 100 points of fire resistance.  The trouble with immunity is that it is too binary.  Once you give something blanket immunity, you've tossed away your adjustment dial for an on-off switch.  Our wyrmling CR1 red dragon can withstand the mightiest fires created by the God of Fire himself, the heart of the sun, the white-hot flames at the center of creation.  And not just withstand them, utterly ignore them as insignificant once you've declared it Immune to Fire.  I think it would be much better to avoid immunities whenever possible and give out sufficient resistances for design purposes.</blockquote>

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