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What consitutes a "physical attack"?
My reading leads me to believe that the term refers to any attack that is made by a physical means (perhaps in contrast to psychic, mental, incorporeal, magical, etc), or as a catchall for melee and ranged attacks.
My peers seem to believe that any attack that causes physical damage is a physical attack, (even if it is a spell like telekinetic projectile).
This second interpretation gives me some trouble. It leads to some weird edge cases where if, for example, you roll low on a damage die and have a negative modifier, your physical damage becomes 0 and your attack ceases to be a "physical attack".
Additionally my peers also have the opinion that any rider effects, such as a flaming rune, are not part of the physical attack.
I find this also troubling. A red hot fire poker that might normally deal a bit of piercing and a bit of fire damage is in a wierd limbo where you can shield block it and prevent it from stabbing you but it still burns you.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.