Damage is randomly ignored?

[Menthus]

I'm noticing more and more frequently that the game seems to randomly discard damage I supposedly do to enemies. The combat log says I inflicted N damage and when I check their stats, they're still at full health. What's going on here?

[Klutch]

Originally posted by Menthus:

I'm noticing more and more frequently that the game seems to randomly discard damage I supposedly do to enemies. The combat log says I inflicted N damage and when I check their stats, they're still at full health. What's going on here?

Not really sure what N damage is. Are you sure these are damage numbers and not attack rolls.

[Darakkuu]

You probably attacking enemies with the damage type they are either resistant or immune to. Or maybe dealing low damage to enemy with Damage Reduction without byppassing it, so it gets negated.

[Menthus]

Originally posted by Klutch:

Originally posted by Menthus:

I'm noticing more and more frequently that the game seems to randomly discard damage I supposedly do to enemies. The combat log says I inflicted N damage and when I check their stats, they're still at full health. What's going on here?

Not really sure what N damage is. Are you sure these are damage numbers and not attack rolls.

N damage == an arbitrary amount of damage

Originally posted by Darakkuu:

You probably attacking enemies with the damage type they are either resistant or immune to. Or maybe dealing low damage to enemy with Damage Reduction without byppassing it, so it gets negated.

No, they have no damage reduction /resistance/whatever. Everything indicates I did non-zero damage except for the enemy's health bar

[Darakkuu]

Hm, no idea then. Haven't encountered such problems. Maybe some mod malfunction, or something wrong with recent patch?

[Moldon]

Maybe they casted False life, and you removed temporary health?

[Gregorovitch]

Originally posted by Menthus:

The combat log says I inflicted N damage and when I check their stats, they're still at full health. What's going on here?

Which enemies are you talking a bout specifically and where are you at the moment?

[burner19]

Originally posted by Menthus:

I'm noticing more and more frequently that the game seems to randomly discard damage I supposedly do to enemies. The combat log says I inflicted N damage and when I check their stats, they're still at full health. What's going on here?

N means it's DR with no bypass. Specific abilities are required to mitigate or counter it

[PuppYofDOOM]

That happens with some enemies.

Press y click them.

They usually have a dr and exceptions to dr.



So for giant tree dude use fire. Then hit

For giant bug guy have holy weapon

bless weapon is the main forte.

For metal ppl use electricty.


Constructs u need brilliant energy or adamantium weapons or contruct bane.



Any +5 weapon or.made.to.+5 by buffs is adamantium.

[MR67]

I noticed this a lot with enemies who are raging (ie enemies with barbarian levels etc). I assume the damage is applied to their temporary HP first but then this should show on their total HP, and this doesn't seem to be the case.

[kannibal25]

Are you able to grab a screen shot of this?

The only thing similar I've seen occurring like this is with Camilla and Regill as Camilla has a 0 modifier to her strength score and her rapier doesn't do enough damage to overcome DR5 or higher.

Regill is a Dex based fighter, but if you give him a finesse weapon, he too does next to no damage, though that's more to do with weapon damage than anything else.

[Menthus]

I just had it happen again against Marhovek (the boss in Wintersun). I hit him with multiple attacks and did at least 20 damage and his healthbar just doesn't move. If it's a case of temporary hitpoints then why aren't they displayed on his stats?

[Uzkin]

Definitely temporary hit points. Keep hitting them and eventually the health bar starts moving.

[For_Science!]

Marhovek is a barbarian, so when he rages he'll gain temporary hitpoints. As others have mentioned, you need to burn off those temporary hitpoints first, before you see his damage bar start to move.

(It would be less confusing if they actually listed temp HP on the enemy's character sheet, but the system is working as it's supposed to. (You and your companions can gain temp HP yourselves, from many sources, and they work just like you saw Marhovek's work.)