D&D 3E/3.5 [3.5] No DR for Wights?

[Cthulhudrew]

I'm still not entirely clear on why the need for magic or silvered weapons to hit a wight were dropped in 3.0, but now that Skeletons and Zombies have Damage Resistance in 3.5, why not give the Wights something, too? Like DR 5/magic or silver?

Does anyone see where this might make them too tough? Probably entail a CR change (though I note that Skeletons and Zombies maintain the same CRs even with their DR)...

 

[James McMurray]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't skeletons always have "DR" of a sort against piercing and slashing weapons?

 

[ruleslawyer]

They did. The designers just ditched the "half damage from piercing or slashing weapons" quality in favor of a more consistent and streamlined DR 5/bludgeoning (they did a similar thing for the mummy by giving it DR 5/- instead of Resistance to Blows).

 

[Ferret]

I saw in the "list of creatures DR" one which took half damage.

 

[Knight Otu]

I saw in the "list of creatures DR" one which took half damage.

Must have been a swarm. These are the only ones that still have such a thing.