Damage

See also: Resistance.

Damage is caused by weapons, by creature attacks, traps or magic. Inflicted damage will reduce a character's or creature's hit points.

Types of damage

Physical damage

Weapons and creatures usually inflict physical damage. There are four forms of it:

• Crushing damage
• Piercing damage
• Slashing damage
• Missile damage

Elemental damage

Elemental damage is usually caused by magic. Enchanted weapons may, in addition to the physical damage component, deal certain forms of elemental damage; some creatures inflict damage of a specific element, such as a dragon's breath; and aggressive spells, such as the Fireball, will cause it. These are the four elemental damage types in Icewind Dale:

• Acid
• Cold
• Electricity
• Fire

Magical damage

Magical damage is a specific form of damage, not elemental and not avoidable by a character's armor. There are only three types of it:

• Pure damage, which circumvents physical damage resistances
• Magical cold damage, which circumvents magical cold resistance
• Magical fire damage, which circumvents magical fire resistance