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Is there a definitive list of Undead that ARE destroyed by Sunbeam and/or Sunburst if they fail their save?
I was playing in a game last night, and a horde (well, 8) of Greater Shadows led by a Vampire got the jump on us.
I managed to go next..and unleashed a Sunburst...knowing that a few of the party would be caught, but they were casters and getting panged by strength damage would drop them quick.
While the damage (50) was nice...the Vamp made her save (no surprise)but apparently Shadows are not harmed by bright light...(their stealth goes down...woohoo)so they took a the damage and were blinded...but still there.
It was a gamble that did NOT pay off...as the 3 casters ALL failed their saves and were blinded...so I got a few unimpressed looks from my fellow players (deservedly so).
I was just surprised that a SHADOW would not be blasted to oblivion by an 8th level spell geared to trash undead. (As far as I can tell, the DM played it right...there is nothing in the monster description about them getting toasted)
Knowledge checks to see if that would work? They shadow ecology in undead revisited specifically says they prefer not to work in sunlight because it's harder to sneak up on prey, rather than because they burst into flames and die.
Vampires are the only ones off the top of my head.
Well,I'm using an artifact to launch this, (I'm the only one who has the correct alignment to do so), and I don't have ranks in Knowledge, Religion. So it WAS a gamble.
15d6 is nice and potential blindness is nice, don't get me wrong.
Then you roleplayed this scenario very well :D
Some undead take damage from sunlight and/or bright light, others die from it, but one thing is certain. None of them seem to like sunlight (or bright conditions in general) very much.
