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Are Flameskulls resistant to magical piercing damage?



Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 23, 2019 at 23:30 UTC (7:30pm US/Eastern)Should “resistance to damage from non-magical weapons” continue to affect monster CR once the party has magical weapons?Are spells that do piercing, bludgeoning, or slashing damage considered magical damage?Do a Barbarian's different damage resistances stack or just overlap?What is the difference between bludgeoning and piercing damage?Damage reduction and damage resistance: how to calculate?Does a barbarian's damage resistance from Rage apply to damage from magical weapons?What are the most and least-resisted damage types?Does every damage type have a way to deal nonmagical damage?Is there a creature that is resistant or immune to damage from a non-magical source other than bludgeoning, slashing, and piercing?Is the war cleric's divine strike considered non-magical damage?



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Most creatures in D&D 5e have specifics on what attacks or weapon damage types they are resistant to. For example:




Damage Resistances: Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing From Nonmagical Attacks




However, the description of the Flameskull entails resistance to piercing damange without the phrase "From Nonmagical Weapons/Attacks":




Damage Resistances: lightning, necrotic, piercing



—Flameskull, Monster Manual, pg. 134




Wouldn't that mean the Flameskull is resistant to magical piercing damage as well as non-magical piercing damage?






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    Most creatures in D&D 5e have specifics on what attacks or weapon damage types they are resistant to. For example:




    Damage Resistances: Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing From Nonmagical Attacks




    However, the description of the Flameskull entails resistance to piercing damange without the phrase "From Nonmagical Weapons/Attacks":




    Damage Resistances: lightning, necrotic, piercing



    —Flameskull, Monster Manual, pg. 134




    Wouldn't that mean the Flameskull is resistant to magical piercing damage as well as non-magical piercing damage?






    dnd-5e monsters damage-resistance damage-types







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      Most creatures in D&D 5e have specifics on what attacks or weapon damage types they are resistant to. For example:




      Damage Resistances: Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing From Nonmagical Attacks




      However, the description of the Flameskull entails resistance to piercing damange without the phrase "From Nonmagical Weapons/Attacks":




      Damage Resistances: lightning, necrotic, piercing



      —Flameskull, Monster Manual, pg. 134




      Wouldn't that mean the Flameskull is resistant to magical piercing damage as well as non-magical piercing damage?






      dnd-5e monsters damage-resistance damage-types







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      Most creatures in D&D 5e have specifics on what attacks or weapon damage types they are resistant to. For example:




      Damage Resistances: Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing From Nonmagical Attacks




      However, the description of the Flameskull entails resistance to piercing damange without the phrase "From Nonmagical Weapons/Attacks":




      Damage Resistances: lightning, necrotic, piercing



      —Flameskull, Monster Manual, pg. 134




      Wouldn't that mean the Flameskull is resistant to magical piercing damage as well as non-magical piercing damage?






      dnd-5e monsters damage-resistance damage-types




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          It is resistant to all piercing



          As you've noted in the flameskull, they are resistant to:




          Lightning, Necrotic, Piercing




          Because there is no qualifier for only piercing from a non-magical source, it is resistant to any piercing damage.



          Better bludgeon or slash it. Just don't use cold, fire, or poison - it's completely immune to those.






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            It is resistant to all piercing



            As you've noted in the flameskull, they are resistant to:




            Lightning, Necrotic, Piercing




            Because there is no qualifier for only piercing from a non-magical source, it is resistant to any piercing damage.



            Better bludgeon or slash it. Just don't use cold, fire, or poison - it's completely immune to those.






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              It is resistant to all piercing



              As you've noted in the flameskull, they are resistant to:




              Lightning, Necrotic, Piercing




              Because there is no qualifier for only piercing from a non-magical source, it is resistant to any piercing damage.



              Better bludgeon or slash it. Just don't use cold, fire, or poison - it's completely immune to those.






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                It is resistant to all piercing



                As you've noted in the flameskull, they are resistant to:




                Lightning, Necrotic, Piercing




                Because there is no qualifier for only piercing from a non-magical source, it is resistant to any piercing damage.



                Better bludgeon or slash it. Just don't use cold, fire, or poison - it's completely immune to those.






                share|improve this answer











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                It is resistant to all piercing



                As you've noted in the flameskull, they are resistant to:




                Lightning, Necrotic, Piercing




                Because there is no qualifier for only piercing from a non-magical source, it is resistant to any piercing damage.



                Better bludgeon or slash it. Just don't use cold, fire, or poison - it's completely immune to those.







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