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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HeavenShallBurn" data-source="post: 3393169" data-attributes="member: 39593">That is the problem, trying to model it well leads to a variable mechanism that's rather complex with different associations in different circumstances.  If possible I prefer to group new things in with existing mechanics if I can make them fit.  I decided a while back that if radiation were to feature in a campaign I would treat it as a form of vile damage rather than an element associated energy type damage with secondary disease mechanics.  It isn't as accurate, but it remains faithful to the overall popular archetype of radiation.  Being Vile damage it bypasses most immunities, resistances, DR or other protective measures and is difficult to prevent or heal.  Radiation could be modern popular culture's equivalent to the invisible demons sometimes blamed for spreading the plague in earlier times.  You can't see it, can't tell it's there, but it can reach out and kill even the powerful and is almost impossible to avoid or heal from.  So I also associate it with fiends, and especially with yugoloths.  Vileness is pretty much the yugoloth reason for being so I give them immunity to Vile damage as a type feature and the other fiends varying levels of resistance.Good idea with the beholder!  I also liked the arguments equating radiation with the searing light, etc. spells and making it an untyped energy, both interesting.  (Just the thought of that many grays makes me want to decontaminate the planet)</blockquote>

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