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<blockquote data-quote="Jagdcarcajou" data-source="post: 4304360" data-attributes="member: 70001"><p>Heya,</p><p></p><p>This is exactly the same question I sent to WotC customer support last week. Star Pact warlocks looked screwed with all the Fear keyword powers, so I asked:</p><p></p><p>"The Keywords section is fairly clear about how to handle Immunity abilities with regard to damage. How to handle immunivy vs. Effect is still very unclear though.</p><p></p><p>As an example, the Warlock Paragon power "Long Fall Into Darkness" has the damage keyword Psychic, and two Effect keywords - Illusion and Fear. If I cast this at a Tarasque which is immune to Fear, what happens after the damage? Does the tarasque fall for the Illusion part, so is affected, or does the Immunity to Fear render the entire effect null?</p><p></p><p>Any help is appreciated. Star pact warlocks could be in for a lot more trouble than the other two if fear immunity totally blocks powers with multiple effect keywords."</p><p></p><p>After getting one reply saying they needed to escalate the issue, I then got a second reply that quoted the damage immunity rule. I pointed out how unhelpful that was, and got this as a final reply:</p><p></p><p><em>"The rules do not cover this situation. In this case, it is up to your DM to make a decision as to what exactly happens.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Please write us back if you require any further assistance."</em></p><p></p><p>So at this point, I am ruling that Long Fall Into Darkness damages Mr. Tarasque, but has no further effect. As for Doom of Delban, since the effect of the power is only cold damage it would have full effect on the Tarasque. It is my assumption that WotC included these keywords on Star pact powers to give them benefits through Feats, Paragon Paths etc. without considering what would happen when they were used on critters that were immune to Fear, as the rules are completely unclear here.</p><p></p><p>Chris</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jagdcarcajou, post: 4304360, member: 70001"] Heya, This is exactly the same question I sent to WotC customer support last week. Star Pact warlocks looked screwed with all the Fear keyword powers, so I asked: "The Keywords section is fairly clear about how to handle Immunity abilities with regard to damage. How to handle immunivy vs. Effect is still very unclear though. As an example, the Warlock Paragon power "Long Fall Into Darkness" has the damage keyword Psychic, and two Effect keywords - Illusion and Fear. If I cast this at a Tarasque which is immune to Fear, what happens after the damage? Does the tarasque fall for the Illusion part, so is affected, or does the Immunity to Fear render the entire effect null? Any help is appreciated. Star pact warlocks could be in for a lot more trouble than the other two if fear immunity totally blocks powers with multiple effect keywords." After getting one reply saying they needed to escalate the issue, I then got a second reply that quoted the damage immunity rule. I pointed out how unhelpful that was, and got this as a final reply: [I]"The rules do not cover this situation. In this case, it is up to your DM to make a decision as to what exactly happens. Please write us back if you require any further assistance."[/I] So at this point, I am ruling that Long Fall Into Darkness damages Mr. Tarasque, but has no further effect. As for Doom of Delban, since the effect of the power is only cold damage it would have full effect on the Tarasque. It is my assumption that WotC included these keywords on Star pact powers to give them benefits through Feats, Paragon Paths etc. without considering what would happen when they were used on critters that were immune to Fear, as the rules are completely unclear here. Chris [/QUOTE]
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