This came up when my group of PCs were planning to combat an enemy known to do Hellfire damage. (1/2 fire, 1/2 unholy)
According to the Locational Hazard “Hellfire”, which does the same ratio of damage, the Unholy damage can be negated with Protection from Evil. I’ve never seen this before, but if the rule is ubiquitous it drastically changes the way Unholy and Holy weapons and damage should be ruled.
Arguably, these are not the same sources and should be treated differently regardless of name. I can’t find anything regarding the ability to negate Unholy damage from something like an Unholy weapon simply by casting Protection from Evil.
What would be the proper ruling here?
Does protection from evil negate unholy damage?
Is the Hellfire Location Hazard unique in that Protection from Evil negates the Unholy aspect?
This interaction seems to be unique to this hazard.
Thanks for your reply. That was my thought as well.
A fellow GM friend (not a member of the group) recommended treating the Hellfire Hazard with the caveat: “as though it was summoned.”