Enviornmental Damage penalties

[phoenix240]

Does the -2 DC damage penalty (for various hostile conditions) apply to all attacks (even mental ones) or just muscle based attacks (melee, thrown, etc)?

[Steve Long]

Re: Enviornmental Damage penalties

 

This is a situation where it’s up to the GM to apply some common and dramatic sense. In many cases an environmental penalty to damage (such as for being on a narrow surface or underwater) would only plausibly apply to attacks that involve physical effort or movement, such as a typical HTH Combat attack, but wouldn’t necessarily apply to the use of many Powers or certain Ranged attacks. On the other hand, there are plenty of situations where the penalty might apply to everything — for example, it might affect the way magic works in certain Fantasy settings. And that’s up to the GM to decide.