Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
Does damage from a touch attack ignore Damage Reduction
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Bagpuss" data-source="post: 3299739" data-attributes="member: 3987"><p>But they do. A <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/ghost.htm" target="_blank">Ghost's Corrupting Touch (su)</a> does 1d6 damage as a touch attack, and it isn't energy damage it's just listed as damage, there are various other creatures with Incorporeal touch attacks that do damage or damage and some other effect.</p><p></p><p>Hence to me the sentence "Damage reduction does not negate touch attacks.." shows that DR does not negate the damage of a touch attack. </p><p></p><p>If they wanted DR to apply against normal damage delievered by a touch attack but not the other stuff, why mention the touch attack at all.</p><p></p><p>Look at the Wraith's attack for example. </p><p></p><p><strong>Incorporeal touch +5 melee (1d4 plus 1d6 Constitution drain)</strong></p><p></p><p>"Damage reduction does not negate touch attacks, energy damage dealt along with an attack, or energy drains."</p><p></p><p>To me that means neither the touch attack (1d4 damage) or the energy drain (1d6 Constitution drain) are negated </p><p></p><p>They could have said. </p><p></p><p>"Damage reduction does not negate energy damage dealt along with an attack, or <strong>energy drains</strong>."</p><p></p><p>Now to me that would mean the Constitution drain isn't negated even if the touch attack damage is. Just as a flameblade doing 1d8 normal and 1d6 fire has the 1d8 normal damage countered by DR but the 1d6 energy damage not because of the sentence above.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You are doing worse you are not even taking the whole sentence, your ignoring the stuff about energy damage and drains, why would touch be mentioned along with them unless like them DR does not negate them?</p><p></p><p>Touch is mentioned because like inhaled poisons, energy damage and energy drains it doesn't need to defeat external barriers Damage Reduction like armor or touch skin to effect the target.</p><p></p><p>The fact this makes Wraithstrike even more broken is neither here nor there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagpuss, post: 3299739, member: 3987"] But they do. A [url=http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/ghost.htm]Ghost's Corrupting Touch (su)[/url] does 1d6 damage as a touch attack, and it isn't energy damage it's just listed as damage, there are various other creatures with Incorporeal touch attacks that do damage or damage and some other effect. Hence to me the sentence "Damage reduction does not negate touch attacks.." shows that DR does not negate the damage of a touch attack. If they wanted DR to apply against normal damage delievered by a touch attack but not the other stuff, why mention the touch attack at all. Look at the Wraith's attack for example. [B]Incorporeal touch +5 melee (1d4 plus 1d6 Constitution drain)[/B] "Damage reduction does not negate touch attacks, energy damage dealt along with an attack, or energy drains." To me that means neither the touch attack (1d4 damage) or the energy drain (1d6 Constitution drain) are negated They could have said. "Damage reduction does not negate energy damage dealt along with an attack, or [B]energy drains[/B]." Now to me that would mean the Constitution drain isn't negated even if the touch attack damage is. Just as a flameblade doing 1d8 normal and 1d6 fire has the 1d8 normal damage countered by DR but the 1d6 energy damage not because of the sentence above. You are doing worse you are not even taking the whole sentence, your ignoring the stuff about energy damage and drains, why would touch be mentioned along with them unless like them DR does not negate them? Touch is mentioned because like inhaled poisons, energy damage and energy drains it doesn't need to defeat external barriers Damage Reduction like armor or touch skin to effect the target. The fact this makes Wraithstrike even more broken is neither here nor there. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
Does damage from a touch attack ignore Damage Reduction
Top