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I have a quick question about Apocalypse Crystals, which appear on page 81 of Alien Archive 2.
These crystals say this in their description: "An apocalypse crystal causes the damage dealt by your solarian weapon to function as a force effect."
What exactly does this do?
My table talked about it and came up with two major possibilities, which seem REALLY powerful, and one that seems like a given. I was wondering which of the following this does.
1. As a force effect, your solar weapon now ignores DR and all non-Force Energy Resistances. This is because force effects are not Bludgeoning, Slashing, or Piercing.
2. As a force effect, your solar weapon now targets EAC. Again this is because a fore effect is not Bludgeoning, Slashing, or Piercing.
3. As a force effect, your solar weapon now does full damage to incorporeal targets. (This one we're pretty sure was the intention, so at the least we think it does this.)
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I have a quick question about Apocalypse Crystals, which appear on page 81 of Alien Archive 2.
These crystals say this in their description: "An apocalypse crystal causes the damage dealt by your solarian weapon to function as a force effect."
What exactly does this do?
My table talked about it and came up with two major possibilities, which seem REALLY powerful, and one that seems like a given. I was wondering which of the following this does.
1. As a force effect, your solar weapon now ignores DR and all non-Force Energy Resistances. This is because force effects are not Bludgeoning, Slashing, or Piercing.
2. As a force effect, your solar weapon now targets EAC. Again this is because a fore effect is not Bludgeoning, Slashing, or Piercing.
3. As a force effect, your solar weapon now does full damage to incorporeal targets. (This one we're pretty sure was the intention, so at the least we think it does this.)
I believe it would be #3.
Starfinder Design Lead
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A force effect has the force descriptor. That's it.
Force damage, which is mentioned in things like magic missile only exists if it is specifically called out. The crystal doesn't say it causes your weapon to do force damage, so it doesn't.
Which means #3, and any other special interaction some rule says it works differently with a force effect.
what exactly is it supposed to be interacting with then?
Ahahhh..
An incorporeal creature takes full damage from other incorporeal creatures and effects, as well as from all force effects
so it doesn't need to be force DAMAGE to whack a ghost...