D&D 3E/3.5 [3.5] Damage Rduction Rules - am i missing something?

[kreynolds]

Protection from Arrows... what about (5+lvl spellcaster max 10)/piercing?

That would mean that piercing damage bypasses the DR. I don't think that's what you were going for.

 

[Piratecat]

"Dang, Thronar... you think his widow can get their money back for that 'protection from missiles' spell?"

 

[Darklone]

That would mean that piercing damage bypasses the DR. I don't think that's what you were going for.

Ouch

Feeling stupid now.

 

[kreynolds]

"Dang, Thronar... you think his window can get their money back for that 'protection from missiles' spell?"

....window?....

 

[Murrdox]

I also assumed that new DR would still take enhancement bonuses into account.

So we'd have DR 5/Magic +1, or DR 10/Magic +3 for something really powerful.

Otherwise, once someone has an enhancement bonus on a weapon, no one is going to bother enchanting anything up to a +2 anymore... we'll just have +1 flaming lawful holy blades and +1 this and +1 that.

Is it really just going to be flat out DR 5/Magic??

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Yea, flat /magic. They reasoned that the important hitters (fighters and the like) will have the relevant bonus anyway. (Or have GMW put on their weapons)

Instead, they have now a lot of other descriptors - /cold iron, /evil, /holy. In the case of alignment or holy, you can have made that with spells (and probably magic abilities). But you still have to aquire them for the weapon. The first, cold iron (and silver, and adamantine...) cannot be applied. The weapon in question must be made of that material. So actually there will be much less cases where the players pierce the DR. That's why they toned down the whole thing.

And even with that, people will like to have a better chance to hit, and damage bonuses that apply all the time.

 

[Shard O'Glase]

wow this not needing higher +'s thing makes me think that they better change the costs of magic weapons. If a +1 can penetrate Dr just as well as a +5(excpet for damage) its not enarly as valuable as it was before. Add in that against some creatures being amgic means nothing and its even less valuable.

Also will this cover other things a weapons + was matched against like sundering other weapons. Will you now no longer need a =+ or just have a magic weapon?(not that D&D is historically consistent)

 

[Piratecat]

....window?....

Accursed typo! "Widow." Honest. Although window is amusingly surreal.

Incidentally, I think "holysilver" is "holy or silver." I'll be surprised if that isn't the case.

 

[kreynolds]

Incidentally, I think "holysilver" is "holy or silver."

Boy I hope not. I really like the idea of DR 10/bane holy cold iron bob thursday. You know, the kind where only bane holy cold iron weapons wielded by Bob on Thursdays can bypass it?

 

[Grazzt]

I also assumed that new DR would still take enhancement bonuses into account.

So we'd have DR 5/Magic +1, or DR 10/Magic +3 for something really powerful.

Otherwise, once someone has an enhancement bonus on a weapon, no one is going to bother enchanting anything up to a +2 anymore... we'll just have +1 flaming lawful holy blades and +1 this and +1 that.

Is it really just going to be flat out DR 5/Magic??

Yep- DR xx/magic. Flat (according to Dragon). There is no more DR xx/+y. Enhancement bonuses have been lumped into one category with regards to DR.

But- certain monsters are getting an "upgrade" on DR. For example, some monster might have "DR 10/holy" which means you MUST have a holy weapon to hit it. You can smash the monster all day with your +5 longsword, but unless its "holy" you still havent bypassed its DR and are subject to it.