a horrible curse that has all manner of terrible things, but gives them what they wanted: immunity to that one thing, though it is now of no real practical use.
A wish.
If you are asking “how does a character build up to immunity” the answer in RAW is pretty simple: they don’t.
Now, if you are asking “how can I get my DM to allow this?”, well, the answer is to go and talk to them, but be aware they may say no. If you are the Dm, well…
one of the greatest things about D&D is you can make up your own damn rules about it and you don’t have to answer to anyone but your players about it. But note, you DO have to answer to your players.
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Resistance never "becomes" immunity. They're two separate things. A level 17 Forge Domain Cleric is a good representation of this. Go make one real quick and you'll see that they have both Resistance and Immunity to fire damage.
There are no RAW ways to overcome immunity to my knowledge, but if there were something that ignored immunity to fire damage, the Cleric would still have resistance. Not because ignoring immunity "downgrades" the immunity to resistance, but because they also innately have resistance to that damage. There are some effects that can allow damage to overcome resistance, such as the Elemental Adept feat, but it's irrelevant if the creature is immune.
By the book, resistances and immunities are not a sliding scale. Rather, they are separate features with a binary "on"/"off" state.
Now if you're asking for homebrew advice of what we think a "fair" scale is for stacking resistance up to immunity, that's a separate question and isn't clear from the premise.
Yes but how does one generally obtain an immunity? What is the general process regardless of damage type? What are the prerequisites? What requirements would you as a DM put into place before a player would get an immunity? Players can get immunities but what do all of these instances have in common?
See AEDorsay's answer below. It answers your questions. You want something more, talk to your DM and see if they will homebrew something for you. One thing I would add to AEDorsay's list is Class Feature (possibly covered by a Boon from the gods, but I consider it separate). A Circle of the Land Druid's Nature's Ward class feature makes you immune to Poison and Disease, as well as immune to being charmed (although it doesn't word it as immunity, but as "you can't be...") or frightened by Elementals or Fey.
a horrible curse that has all manner of terrible things, but gives them what they wanted: immunity to that one thing, though it is now of no real practical use.
A wish.
If you are asking “how does a character build up to immunity” the answer in RAW is pretty simple: they don’t.
Now, if you are asking “how can I get my DM to allow this?”, well, the answer is to go and talk to them, but be aware they may say no. If you are the Dm, well…
one of the greatest things about D&D is you can make up your own damn rules about it and you don’t have to answer to anyone but your players about it. But note, you DO have to answer to your players.
How does one gain immunity?
Boon from the Gods.
Magical item.
some new spell they created.
a horrible curse that has all manner of terrible things, but gives them what they wanted: immunity to that one thing, though it is now of no real practical use.
A wish.
If you are asking “how does a character build up to immunity” the answer in RAW is pretty simple: they don’t.
Now, if you are asking “how can I get my DM to allow this?”, well, the answer is to go and talk to them, but be aware they may say no. If you are the Dm, well…
one of the greatest things about D&D is you can make up your own damn rules about it and you don’t have to answer to anyone but your players about it. But note, you DO have to answer to your players.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
Resistance never "becomes" immunity. They're two separate things. A level 17 Forge Domain Cleric is a good representation of this. Go make one real quick and you'll see that they have both Resistance and Immunity to fire damage.
There are no RAW ways to overcome immunity to my knowledge, but if there were something that ignored immunity to fire damage, the Cleric would still have resistance. Not because ignoring immunity "downgrades" the immunity to resistance, but because they also innately have resistance to that damage. There are some effects that can allow damage to overcome resistance, such as the Elemental Adept feat, but it's irrelevant if the creature is immune.
By the book, resistances and immunities are not a sliding scale. Rather, they are separate features with a binary "on"/"off" state.
Now if you're asking for homebrew advice of what we think a "fair" scale is for stacking resistance up to immunity, that's a separate question and isn't clear from the premise.
See AEDorsay's answer below. It answers your questions. You want something more, talk to your DM and see if they will homebrew something for you. One thing I would add to AEDorsay's list is Class Feature (possibly covered by a Boon from the gods, but I consider it separate). A Circle of the Land Druid's Nature's Ward class feature makes you immune to Poison and Disease, as well as immune to being charmed (although it doesn't word it as immunity, but as "you can't be...") or frightened by Elementals or Fey.
EZD6 by DM Scotty
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/397599/EZD6-Core-Rulebook?
Hmm. Okay, Thanks Everybody! Happy Dungeons and Dragons-ing…?
Final note: why does christmas have the monopoly on “merry”?(as in “Merry Christmas!”)