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Laser as in contained and focused light/thermal energy-Fire/radiant based on origin.
Plasma-fire/lightning/maybe a bit of thunder based on the type of shot.
Gamma ray/radiation focused-Necrotic/lightning(dead things wouldn't care about genetic decay so it fits) https://vlc****/
For things like rail guns or mass drivers they basically are just high powered cannons, so Piercing/bludgeoning with a bit of fire due to friction or lightning/thunder due to shear wind pressure and the electrical charge of a rail canon.
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Agreed, radiant damage. Especially if you’re talking about the visible light range. It sounds like the OP is talking less about a laser and more about something like archimedes’ shields reflectors at the battle of Syracuse- gathering and focusing sunlight from a large area down into a focused spot. Depending on how well it works your looking at temps from. 200 C to 6000 C all generated by plain old light. Other bands of E-M energy might be other things but visible light would be radiant. Radio band - really nothing, energy levels pretty much too low less you are talking about 5+ megawatt directed radar beams and even then it’s not so much flesh that is affected as metal ( welcome to the heat metal spell). Microwave/ far Infrared - here we have true heat/flame damage Ultraviolet - this the stuff that seems to be affecting undead. Sunlight has a bunch of this, torches, incandescent lamps, even fluorescent lamps and LEDs have basically none so they have no impact. X rays and Gamma rays - necrotic damage - these break apart DNA, RNA, proteins and membranes Plasmas - these are nasty - combine heat/fire damage ( temps in excess of 3000 C, typically 10-50k) and electrical charge so lightning damage equal to the heat damage.
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Basically a lens that was made stronger using electromagnets so it just shoots out light, like really, REALLY strong light. And it’s a gun…
That’s easy. Radiant damage is light damage (among other things).
That's basically a Laser Rifle, all the details are on the linked page.
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So basically a laser? I'd say fire. Definitely not Radiance, which tends have qualities that affect the undead and what not adversely.
Laser as in contained and focused light/thermal energy-Fire/radiant based on origin.
Plasma-fire/lightning/maybe a bit of thunder based on the type of shot.
Gamma ray/radiation focused-Necrotic/lightning(dead things wouldn't care about genetic decay so it fits) https://vlc****/
For things like rail guns or mass drivers they basically are just high powered cannons, so Piercing/bludgeoning with a bit of fire due to friction or lightning/thunder due to shear wind pressure and the electrical charge of a rail canon.
What's wrong with a laser gun, say, stopping a zombie from regenerating?
You could definitely do fire or lightning instead but I don't see a problem with radiant either.
I mean, the RAW answer is Radiant Damage for lasers.
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Agreed, radiant damage. Especially if you’re talking about the visible light range. It sounds like the OP is talking less about a laser and more about something like archimedes’ shields reflectors at the battle of Syracuse- gathering and focusing sunlight from a large area down into a focused spot. Depending on how well it works your looking at temps from. 200 C to 6000 C all generated by plain old light. Other bands of E-M energy might be other things but visible light would be radiant.
Radio band - really nothing, energy levels pretty much too low less you are talking about 5+ megawatt directed radar beams and even then it’s not so much flesh that is affected as metal ( welcome to the heat metal spell).
Microwave/ far Infrared - here we have true heat/flame damage
Ultraviolet - this the stuff that seems to be affecting undead. Sunlight has a bunch of this, torches, incandescent lamps, even fluorescent lamps and LEDs have basically none so they have no impact.
X rays and Gamma rays - necrotic damage - these break apart DNA, RNA, proteins and membranes
Plasmas - these are nasty - combine heat/fire damage ( temps in excess of 3000 C, typically 10-50k) and electrical charge so lightning damage equal to the heat damage.
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