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Oh, I agree they could have made it much easier. I'm just pointing out that, given that the rules require a judgment call, in most cases it's not going to be that difficult to make one.Bagpuss said:But the point is they could have easily cleared it up by linking the keywords to the effects, like in Prismatic Spray, as it is it seems to be up to the individual DM.
WotC Customer support seems to confirm that's the case.
The hardest ones seem to be powers where there's a keyword that isn't obviously tied to any effect in the power, like "fear" with Dire Radiance or Doom of Delban. There, it's probably easiest to rule that immunity to that keyword doesn't help against that particular power. As Jagdcarcajou points out, the keyword in that case might be added to interact with class abilities or feats rather than with resistances.