Talk:Water Damage (5e Variant Rule)

Why on earth would a water-based attack deal force damage? Force damage is pure magical energy, not heavy blows and impacts (which is bludgeoning damage). SirSprinkles (talk) 20:23, 14 July 2017 (MDT)

It's common for people who don't have the PHB to misinterpret "force" as "physical force". Marasmusine (talk) 01:47, 15 July 2017 (MDT)

What he said. --Calibri (talk) 16:40, 15 July 2017 (MDT)

Also, I have an issue with this damage type conceptually. Slashing damage cuts, fire damage burns, but what does water damage do? Does it just make things wet? SirSprinkles (talk) 20:11, 17 July 2017 (MDT)

A: It probably affects things similarly to bludgeon damage, but with some side effects. For instance, a wooden or iron construct may be vulnerable to water damage because it causes them to warp and rust respectively. Also, aquatic creatures would probably be immune or at least resistant to its effects. I mainly made water damage to help with my waterdrake, but it could also help with elemental creatures. --Calibri (talk) 15:15, 18 July 2017 (MDT)

But those constructs wouldn't immediately warp and rust, would they? They would have to be exposed to water for a long period of time. Marasmusine (talk) 16:11, 18 July 2017 (MDT)

A: Marasmusine, don't be Harry Potter from the Prisoner of Arrzkabin. The assumption is that there is a massive volume of water being forced out, causing damge not just from the force of the water, but in this case, causing degrading damage from the volume of water applied.

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Let me preface this by saying I think this page has a right to exist. However, I think there is a better solution to the issue this variant rule seems to be trying to solve. Instead of introducing an entirely new damage type, I think it would be better if there was a rider, or a condition, that distinguished watery hazards from other types of damage. So, I made one. - Guy (talk) 12:41, 11 November 2017 (MST)

Water Attacks

First, completely unrelated, I found a misprint in the Monster's Manual. Second, what exactly would count as a "water attack"? The only creatures that meet the criteria that I can think of is water elemental. That's it. Well, my vaporeon creature too. But other than those 2 instances, it's not a very useful damage type in my opinion. --Flamestarter (talk) 17:29, 29 January 2020 (MST)