D&D 3E/3.5 3.5 DR Question

[Nail]

True, but we don't know the level of the party. If it's a low level party, they might not have silver weapons. If they do, it's unlikely they are enchanted (sure they can magic weapon them, but that takes an action)

True.

I've found DR 5/x works fine until level 8 or so,
DR10/x works great until level 15, and
DR 15/x should be reserved for the *really* big bads over CR 16.

 

[Aust Diamondew]

If you want to be a real jerk:
DR 15/cold iron and good and chaotic and magic and bludgeoning

Most PCs don't have a weapon that is all 5 f the above.

 

[Deadguy]

Bearing in mind that you decide what the effects look like, have you considered giving the monster Rgeneration x or Fast healing x instead. This often seems, from the point of view of the players to be similar to X/something.

If you are feeling really nasty, then make it both DR and Fast healing.

 

[Infiniti2000]

I think you should go with DR 10/Aunt Ethel. That'll be a tough one to overcome.

 

[IcyCool]

If you want to be a real jerk:
DR 15/cold iron and good and chaotic and magic and bludgeoning

Most PCs don't have a weapon that is all 5 f the above.

Bah! My +1 Anarchic, Holy, Cold Iron Morningstar beats all of that, plus DR 15/Piercing!

 

[Dracomeander]

One material I use on some of my homebrew critters is DR x/wood with the proviso that the striking portion of the weapon has to be made from wood. The steel axehead does no good; have to use the wooden axehaft as an improvised club.

 

[Nail]

Just for reference, one of my players (Ftr 15(Tempest), twf) has these weapons:

****Demon's Despair****
+1 Holy Cold Iron Bastard Sword

****Devil's Destruction****
+1 Wounding Silver Bastard Sword

****Barren Scourge****
+1 Construct Bane Undead Bane Adamantine Morningstar

****Terrible Golem's Blade****
+3 Construct Bane Adamantine Longsword

 

[dcollins]

Ugg.

Who does that anymore?

All the players I know. Even the ones that used to play 3.5.

 

[Nail]

Huh. My experience (and watching at the FLGS) is quite the opposite.

 

[jgsugden]

Well, I added a new type of DR to my game that seems to work nicely: Strong Magic. The weapon must be +3 to get past the DR of creatures with strong maic DR. If is useful when the PCs are levels 5 to 11, where they can't just cast Greater Magic Weapon - so some PCs will have the ability to bypass DR, and others will not. That is the situation you want with DR - having it be effective at times and bypassed at other times.