I'd like to pick some brains please. Would a swarm be immune to the negative energy damage of the above as its called out as a slam attack and a diminutive swam is immune to weapon damage.
As an aside would you say a swarmi with someone within be counted as in combat? does the occupant count as in cover?
Thanks in advance to any help.
Slam is a kind of attack that usually does bludgeoning damage, which is weapon damage, but this is defined as negative energy damage, so it is not weapon damage, so the swarm is as vulnerable as anyone else. Sorry I can't think of clearer phrasing right now.
Sharing a square with another creature never provides cover. You have to be in a square "behind" another creature's square.
I suppose I'd probably count a swarm with someone inside as being in combat; is there a specific context you're thinking of where it matters?
It was mainly the negative energy weapon damage part really as it came up in our group and we were divided as to the negative energy being an energy attack or a weapon. In the terms of the in combat it referred to needing precise shot to damage it. For example an alchemist would find it harder to hit (-4 to hit) his standard 1+8 squares with a bomb than he would if no party member was being swarmed. I only wondered the last part as a swarm never really attacks it kind of moves over the player and damages.
Ty for your input :-)
It was mainly the negative energy weapon damage part really as it came up in our group and we were divided as to the negative energy being an energy attack or a weapon. In the terms of the in combat it referred to needing precise shot to damage it. For example an alchemist would find it harder to hit (-4 to hit) his standard 1+8 squares with a bomb than he would if no party member was being swarmed. I only wondered the last part as a swarm never really attacks it kind of moves over the player and damages.
Ty for your input :-)
The -4 for shooting someone involved in combat is making up for the lost old rules about hitting a party member by accident. An alchemist's bomb would clearly have a chance of hitting the swarmed guy by mistake if that kind of thing was ever possible, so IMO the -4 would definitely apply.
Excellent thanks