Resist and Vulnerable

[Oompa]

I have an question

In the specter monster description it say's:

Resist: 10 Necrotic, insubstantial
Vulnerable: 5 radiant

- I understand 10 necrotic, it means subtract 10 points from necrotic damage done per attack.

- I dont understand the insubstantial.. does this mean an specter has the same resistance as an insubstantial creature? (half damage)

- Vulnerable 5 radiant, does this mean all the radiant damage within 5 squares is dubbled?

Thanks for any answers

 

[Mouseferatu]

- I dont understand the insubstantial.. does this mean an specter has the same resistance as an insubstantial creature? (half damage)

It means the creature is insubstantial, and thus takes only half damage from anything.

- Vulnerable 5 radiant, does this mean all the radiant damage within 5 squares is dubbled?

It means the creature takes 5 extra points of damage from radiant attacks. So if the cleric hits its with a radiant prayer and deals 13 points of damage, it would actually take 18.

(Of course, that would then be reduced to 9, thanks to the insubstantial part.)

 

[Falling Icicle]

- I dont understand the insubstantial.. does this mean an specter has the same resistance as an insubstantial creature? (half damage)

Yes.

- Vulnerable 5 radiant, does this mean all the radiant damage within 5 squares is dubbled?

No, it means you add 5 damage to your radiant attacks. For example, if you hit a creature that has vulnerable radiant 5 with a power that normally does 10 radiant damage, it would instead deal 15 damage to that creature.

 

[Oompa]

OK thanks for the quick replies

 

[blargney the second]

What's the order of operations with insubstantial and vulnerable? Divide then add, or add then divide?
-blarg

 

[Mouseferatu]

What's the order of operations with insubstantial and vulnerable? Divide then add, or add then divide?
-blarg

Add then divide. Insubstantial halves all damage, even damage added for vulnerability.

 

[Byronic]

Add then divide. Insubstantial halves all damage, even damage added for vulnerability.

So forget everything you learned at school about the order of actions (meant in humour)

 

[Mort_Q]

So forget everything you learned at school about the order of actions (meant in humour)

No, just but the brackets in the right place.

 

[Mr Jack]

So forget everything you learned at school about the order of actions (meant in humour)

Well, we have already forgotten how to round.

(What is with RPGs and whacky rounding? Were all RPG designers abused by their primary Maths teachers?)

 

[blargney the second]

Well, we have already forgotten how to round.

(What is with RPGs and whacky rounding? Were all RPG designers abused by their primary Maths teachers?)

Hey, programmers threw the first punch in that particular and silly fight. I can never remember - is it up for odds and down for evens or the other way around?