A wasp swarm uses Swarming Stings against a creature with 1 HP and the Diehard feat. The creature critically fails the Reflex save, taking double piercing damage and exposing them to Wasp Venom. The creature critically fails the Fortitude save, taking poison damage and becoming clumsy 2. What happens?
A. Creature goes to dying 2 from Swarming Sting's piercing damage because they crit failed. They then go to dying 4 because they crit failed the Fort save. If either the piercing damage or the poison damage is at least double their max HP, they die of Massive Damage.
B. Creature only goes to dying 2, treating everything as one instance of damage. If the piercing and poison combine to be at least double the creature's max HP, they die of Massive Damage.
| 2 people marked this as a favorite. |
A wasp swarm uses Swarming Stings against a creature with 1 HP and the Diehard feat. The creature critically fails the Reflex save, taking double piercing damage and exposing them to Wasp Venom. The creature critically fails the Fortitude save, taking poison damage and becoming clumsy 2. What happens?
A. Creature goes to dying 2 from Swarming Sting's piercing damage because they crit failed. They then go to dying 4 because they crit failed the Fort save. If either the piercing damage or the poison damage is at least double their max HP, they die of Massive Damage.
B. Creature only goes to dying 2, treating everything as one instance of damage. If the piercing and poison combine to be at least double the creature's max HP, they die of Massive Damage.
A. Nothing in the rules suggests the damage from the poison combines.
Wasp venom and swarming stings are distinct.