Didn't know that, I only got the 5e starter set. The game for the time being at least treads things that way until patched then, thx (I was really confused by no attack roll being displayed, despite the apparent hits -- it simply says "opposition took no damage" in the log or some such).
Originally Posted by DumbleDorf
At this point I would assume that even Larian didn't actually know that. It seems like such an obscure rule.
Actually, I looked it up after reading your two posts to double check. Apparently I am wrong, and my groups have been playing incorrectly this entire time! Huh.....my bad. Apologies for misinformation
You can do 0 damage.
yea, the obscurity is that 0 damage still counts as damage and breaks effects like sleep or fulfils the requirement to maintain barbarian rage (you have to attack or take damage each turn or the rage ends, 0 damage is still damage taken, even if it does not effect the health bar it effectively still hit for damage... so a wizard could feasibly keep a barbarian in rage by spanking him for 0 damage... useful for out of combat usage of the resistance it provides)
The game for the time being at least treads things that way until patched then, thx (I was really confused by no attack roll being displayed, despite the apparent hits -- it simply says "opposition took no damage" in the log or some such).