When a monk uses its Level 3: Deflect Attacks on YUAN-TI MALISON (TYPE 1) bite attack and doesn't deflect the entire two damage types how do you rule it? The YUAN-TI MALISON (TYPE 1) bite attack damage is 5 (1d4 + 3) Piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) Poison damage. So let us assume that it deals 5 Piercing and 7 poison and the monk could only deflect 5 damage. Would you rule that the monk takes 7 poison damage? Would you say that because the piercing damage was deflected it couldn't poison so no poison damage? Would you divide the damage deflected evenly among the damage types so the monk only takes 2 piercing and 5 poison damage?
Unless there’s another effect dependent on how much of one type of attack got through, I wouldn’t worry about it. And I’d apply the Deflect Attack calculation after resistances and immunities have been applied to the incoming damage.
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When a monk uses its Level 3: Deflect Attacks on YUAN-TI MALISON (TYPE 1) bite attack and doesn't deflect the entire two damage types how do you rule it? The YUAN-TI MALISON (TYPE 1) bite attack damage is 5 (1d4 + 3) Piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) Poison damage. So let us assume that it deals 5 Piercing and 7 poison and the monk could only deflect 5 damage. Would you rule that the monk takes 7 poison damage? Would you say that because the piercing damage was deflected it couldn't poison so no poison damage? Would you divide the damage deflected evenly among the damage types so the monk only takes 2 piercing and 5 poison damage?
Unless there’s another effect dependent on how much of one type of attack got through, I wouldn’t worry about it. And I’d apply the Deflect Attack calculation after resistances and immunities have been applied to the incoming damage.