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I never looked closely at it before, but tiny swarms say they take half damage from slashing and piercing. Does this mean they take full damage from blunt?
Swarm Traits: A swarm has no clear front or back and no discernable anatomy, so it is not subject to critical hits or flanking. A swarm made up of Tiny creatures takes half damage from slashing and piercing weapons. A swarm composed of Fine or Diminutive creatures is immune to all weapon damage. Reducing a swarm to 0 hit points or less causes it to break up, though damage taken until that point does not degrade its ability to attack or resist attack. Swarms are never staggered or reduced to a dying state by damage. Also, they cannot be tripped, grappled, or bull rushed, and they cannot grapple an opponent.
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I never looked closely at it before, but tiny swarms say they take half damage from slashing and piercing. Does this mean they take full damage from blunt?Yep.
You have a swarm of ants crawling on the ground.
PC 1: Stabs at them with a rapier.
PC 2: Cleaves at them with an axe.
PC 3: Steps on them.I'd say that they did increasingly more damage as they progressed from PC1 to PC3, wouldn't you? Honestly I'd be all for them taking no damage from piercing weapons.
-James
How fortunate that Ant Swarms, being Fine, are completely immune to weapon damage :) ;)