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<blockquote data-quote="Dr_Ruminahui" data-source="post: 5402763" data-attributes="member: 81104">As stated previously, it really depends on the campaign - in my campaign, the characters very rarely fight undead (maybe 6 encounters in 10 levels), so the vast majority of the time, monsters will not have necrotic resistance.&nbsp;Same goes for fire resistance - I think they've faced 2 encounters with monsters resistant to fire - indeed, the one monster they've faced that was immune to lightning (shambling mound) was a much bigger issue - not only did it take no damage from a critical with an encounter power, but it was healed by it.&nbsp;So, one can't simply look at the published monsters and say &quot;necrotic resistance is the most common resistance, so necrotic damage is useless&quot; - how useless it is really depends on what monsters are actually used in your campaign.&nbsp;That said, I can understand it being frustrating when such encounters DO occur, especially if they occur frequently.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr_Ruminahui, post: 5402763, member: 81104"] As stated previously, it really depends on the campaign - in my campaign, the characters very rarely fight undead (maybe 6 encounters in 10 levels), so the vast majority of the time, monsters will not have necrotic resistance. Same goes for fire resistance - I think they've faced 2 encounters with monsters resistant to fire - indeed, the one monster they've faced that was immune to lightning (shambling mound) was a much bigger issue - not only did it take no damage from a critical with an encounter power, but it was healed by it. So, one can't simply look at the published monsters and say "necrotic resistance is the most common resistance, so necrotic damage is useless" - how useless it is really depends on what monsters are actually used in your campaign. That said, I can understand it being frustrating when such encounters DO occur, especially if they occur frequently. [/QUOTE]

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