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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9589809" data-attributes="member: 29398">Point is there should always be one, and that there isn't is a flaw rather than a feature.&nbsp; Sometimes it's fairly easy to extrapolate the reason - they jumped Wizards up to d6 hit dice from d4 because they were seen as too squishy - but other times, such as your fireball example, it's just wtf.Here I think the game absolutely needs to explain what the cause of that damage is for the very simple reason that a PC might have some defense against it e.g. if it's specifically necrotic-aura damage and the PC somehow has resistance or immunity to such, as opposed to fist-and-claw damage where such resistance wouldn't help.Again, that explanation is important in case it matters to a PC beyond just &quot;Ewww, icky!&quot;, for example if someone can sense the presence of planar gates (e.g. is under the 1e Reveal spell) or if the caster is in a place were planar gates cannot be opened.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 9589809, member: 29398"] Point is there should always be one, and that there isn't is a flaw rather than a feature. Sometimes it's fairly easy to extrapolate the reason - they jumped Wizards up to d6 hit dice from d4 because they were seen as too squishy - but other times, such as your fireball example, it's just wtf. Here I think the game absolutely needs to explain what the cause of that damage is for the very simple reason that a PC might have some defense against it e.g. if it's specifically necrotic-aura damage and the PC somehow has resistance or immunity to such, as opposed to fist-and-claw damage where such resistance wouldn't help. Again, that explanation is important in case it matters to a PC beyond just "Ewww, icky!", for example if someone can sense the presence of planar gates (e.g. is under the 1e [I]Reveal [/I]spell) or if the caster is in a place were planar gates cannot be opened. [/QUOTE]

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