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How does the "half-damage" received from heat/cold work in conjunction with Fire/Cold Resistance (either naturally present like a fiend, or magical via spell or armor quality)?
How about with Protection from Fire?
My gut tells me that the former is applied after the half-damage is accounted for.
(I.e. 20 points of fire damage becomes 10; and fire resist 10 means no damage sustained)>
As for the latter, it makes sense that you would take half damage first and apply 10 to the Prot from Fire spell that it absorbs each round; BUT since it doesn't work that way with Resist Fire spell, I wonder if it's equally nullified w/ Fire Shield.
Thanks
Robert
You apply in the order best for the player.
So:
Apply immunities
Save for half
Apply evasion, improved evasion
Apply damage reductions (energy resistances, protection from energy etc)
take damage
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You apply in the order best for the player.
So:
Apply immunities
Save for half
Apply evasion, improved evasion
Apply damage reductions (energy resistances, protection from energy etc)
take damage
So if you have multiple "reductions" at that step of the occasion - you only apply one?
Thus Fire Shield would not work with a demons fire resistance (or is Fire Resistance of a demon considered an "immunity" - not to be confused with actual fire immunit, a wizards Resist Element or cleric's Protect from Element spell?
Sorry if it sounds I'm being a bit anal. What throws me off is your first line - "apply immunities" If you're immune to fire - there's no point in making a saving throw anyways, right?
Robert
Exactly. If you are fully immune the damage doesn't matter so generally rolling the save would be a waste of time.
After that you apply other effects as they come up. Energy Resistance applies only once, but it is applied after affects that would half the damage, like fire shield or evasion.