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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Petrosian" data-source="post: 757635" data-attributes="member: 1149">[/B]</blockquote>If we accept this definition, why do werewolves not heal cold damage (ray of frost) or "force damage" (magic missiles) or even simple bludgeoning damage (ice storm or ice burst) quickly? For all these effects and more, the werewolf's DR is not taken into account at all.This is why your chosen definition fails to meet the game definitions in a consistent manner.The fact that magical hail stones beating the werewolf on top of the head ignores his silver only designer dr is the number one reason why i conclude that magic in any form should go thru the DR or have a chance to bypass it.and magical hail stone do simple bludgeoning damage yet go right past the DR like it wasn't there. Why do they do this? Because they are magical hail stones. Why should the magical sowrd blade go thru, because its magical.There are other cases as well where the "magical" nature shows it to be more than just sharper. No matter how sharp it is a non-magical-scimitar cannot harm a wraith. A magical one can.The game shows magic to be more than just a little more edge. Do you see the bludgeoning damage from hailstones conjured by magic as? The rules do.I can see that logic as well. I would represent it as a vulnerability to silver, taking xtra damage or making a save to avoid reaction and so forth. IE silver is the means by which normals, without magic, have a chance against the beast. Silver is not some potent effect that no enchanment can duplicate.I leave it as too inconsistent for my taste. But then, our tastes differ.To be consistent, the Dr for thr werewolf would need to apply to a lot of magical spell effects like ray of frost and magic missile and so forth and especially to being beaten over the head with magical hailstones. If the DR "fast healing" applied to all of those effects... because magic is not inimical to werewolves... then you would be along the way towards consistent. Along the same lines, since a +1 sword is just unnaturally sharp and balanced, it should not affect whether the blade can hit insubstantial creatures.That would be consistent.[/QUOTE]

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