I have failed my life

[Linnaeus]

So this might be a dumb question, but what all does the damage type impact? Does a smiting weapon do something different vs a slashing/stinging weapon? Or is it all aesthetics outside of the whole piercing vs non-piercing thing?

[Thuvia]

As far as I know for this game, at least, it does nothing, other than determining if a weapon can Attack or Backstab.

In other games, especially DnD-based ones, certain dmg types were more effective or did more damage vs various types of armor. To my knowledge that is not the case here, though I am not aware of any testing having been done to say for sure.

[Tempest]

Correct me if I am wrong but the only things that I think effect dmg, is the dice damage and your strength vs how much ab% your opponent have.

I did have a weird that about how higher con might actually make you take a tiny bit less damage than low con. But probably not