Skeletons are vulnerable to bludgeoning damage. Perfect. What exactly does that mean? If I search for "vulnerability" in DnDBeyond, I get a bunch of links, like to the basic rules, that basically tell me nothing about it. Because resistance means half damage, I feel like vulnerability should mean double damage. Where can I actually look this up?
If a creature or an object has resistance to a damage type, damage of that type is halved against it. If a creature or an object has vulnerability to a damage type, damage of that type is doubled against it.
Skeletons are vulnerable to bludgeoning damage. Perfect. What exactly does that mean? If I search for "vulnerability" in DnDBeyond, I get a bunch of links, like to the basic rules, that basically tell me nothing about it. Because resistance means half damage, I feel like vulnerability should mean double damage. Where can I actually look this up?
vulnerability means double damage. I believe this description is in the introduction of the monster manual, but I may be mistaken
Edit: the intro of the monster manual talks about vulnerability but doesn't describe it. Memnosyne below has the right link for the description.
Vulnerability is covered in Chapter 9: Combat of the Basic Rules.
It works as you expect.
If a creature or an object has resistance to a damage type, damage of that type is halved against it. If a creature or an object has vulnerability to a damage type, damage of that type is doubled against it.
Perfect. Thanks. I'm not sure why that didn't come up in the search, instead of the other stuff.
Because the search function on dndbeyond is useless - and it always has been.
Still is...
can confirm, in the year of our lord 2024, the search function is still, indeed, useless
Disappointing the masses.