If a creature or an object has resistance to a damage type, damage of that type is halved against it. If a creature or an object has vulnerability to a damage type, damage of that type is doubled against it.
What creatures are resistant to radiant damage 5e?
All except the shadow demon (which is still resistant) are immune to necrotic damage, and both shadow monsters are the only ones vulnerable to radiant. Yogoloths and oozes round out the resistances and immunities to acid. Undead, fiends, constructs, and true elementals make up the bulk of poison immunities.
Are there any creatures with resistance to force damage?
Very few creatures have resistance to force damage, even incorporeal creatures like ghosts, making spells that cause it a powerful tool in a spellcaster’s arsenal. If you have a weapon or spell that deals a certain kind of alignment damage, it’s kind of like playing Rock Paper Scissors with whatever you’re fighting.
Can a monster resist both magical and nonmagical damage?
The bludgeoning/piercing/slashing damage info is generally talking about nonmagical B/P/S. There are some fringe cases where a monster will resist both magical and nonmagical (ex. treant) but that data was still recorded.
What kind of damage do incorporeal monsters do?
Many incorporeal monsters, like ghosts, will be heavily resistant to nonmagical physical damage, and will sometimes have some resistance to even enchanted weapons. Elemental damage caused by players is most often delivered through the use of offensive spells, but can also be caused by the environment.
Which is the best damage type for monsters?
Imm.+Res. Force is by far the best damage type with only a single monster being immune. Like the poisoned condition immunity, almost 1/3 of monsters are immune to poison damage. We can see different ‘tiers’ of elemental damage with fire, cold, and lightning being the worst, and psychic, thunder, radiant, and force being the best.
