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<blockquote data-quote="thewok" data-source="post: 4625206" data-attributes="member: 60907">There is no contradiction.&nbsp; Both statements are true.PHB: &quot;Resistance or Immunity to one keyword of a power does not protect a target from the power's other effects.&quot;MM: &quot;For example, a monsters with 'Immune poison' never takes poison damage and can't suffer any other ill effect from a poison attack.&quot;People are equating &quot;power&quot; with &quot;attack.&quot;&nbsp; In the case of the Spined Devil, it makes two attacks with its Rain of Spines power.&nbsp; The Secondary Attack is dependent on the Primary Attack.&nbsp; Against a target with Fire immunity, neither attack will hit, as the secondary attack is an &quot;ill effect&quot; of the primary attack.&nbsp; Against a target with Poison immunity, the spines would do the fire damage, but the poison would have no effect.Prismatic Beams is a different beast.&nbsp; It's a power with three separate attacks, none of which rely on another's success.&nbsp; Immunity to one type of damage does not protect from the entire power.&nbsp; Assuming the attack roll is high enough to hit all three defenses, an Immune poison monster would be unaffected by the Fort attack, but would take the fire damage from the Reflex attack and be dazed from the Will attack.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thewok, post: 4625206, member: 60907"] There is no contradiction. Both statements are true. PHB: "Resistance or Immunity to one keyword of a [B]power[/B] does not protect a target from the [B]power's other effects[/B]." MM: "For example, a monsters with 'Immune poison' never takes poison damage and can't suffer any other ill effect from a poison [B]attack[/B]." People are equating "power" with "attack." In the case of the Spined Devil, it makes two attacks with its Rain of Spines power. The Secondary Attack is dependent on the Primary Attack. Against a target with Fire immunity, neither attack will hit, as the secondary attack is an "ill effect" of the primary attack. Against a target with Poison immunity, the spines would do the fire damage, but the poison would have no effect. Prismatic Beams is a different beast. It's a power with three separate attacks, none of which rely on another's success. Immunity to one type of damage does not protect from the entire power. Assuming the attack roll is high enough to hit all three defenses, an Immune poison monster would be unaffected by the Fort attack, but would take the fire damage from the Reflex attack and be dazed from the Will attack. [/QUOTE]

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