Another question about DR

[Spoof]

Hey I was wondering something. I can not remember and as I do not have my books with me I’ll ask the question here.

In the current edition if you are fighting something with a DR of 15/+2 and have a +1/flaming sword. You do with a long sword 1d8+1 + (1d6 flaming damage) per swing. Does the creature take the 1d6 flaming damage as it is added damage, and subject to fire resistance?

Ok now with the new rules with the same creature DR15/+2 will it take the fire damage?
What if the creature was DR15/shocking would it just lump all damage dealt to it from the +1-flaming sword towards its DR, and not have the flaming damage apply to it around the DR?

Same goes for a skeleton with its 5/Blunt. With a +1dagger/flaming would the flaming part apply directly to the skeletons DR? Example:

You hit the Skeleton and roll 2 for damage and 2 for fire damage
Does this mean that the 2+1(Magical Bonus) apply to the DR and not injure the skeleton but the 2 fire damage does burn the skeleton, or does the 2+1(Magical)+2(Fire) = 5 damage not injure the skeleton at all?

And before anyone states that they are reducing most creatures frontal DR number I know, this was just an example

 

[Zenon]

From the SRD:

DAMAGE REDUCTION
Some magic creatures have the supernatural ability to instantly heal damage from weapons or to ignore blows altogether as though they were invulnerable.

The number in a creature’s damage reduction is the amount of hit points the creature ignores from normal attacks.

Usually, a certain type of weapon—usually a magic weapon—can overcome this reduction. This information is separated from the damage reduction number by a slash. If a dash follows the slash then the damage reduction is effective against any attack that does not ignore damage reduction.

Any weapon more powerful than the type given after the slash also negates the ability. For purposes of damage reduction, the power rankings are listed on Table: Damage Reduction Rankings.
Whenever damage reduction completely negates the damage from an attack, it also negates most special effects that accompany the attack.

Damage reduction does not negate touch attacks, energy damage dealt along with an attack, or energy drains. Nor does it affect poisons or diseases delivered by inhalation, ingestion, or contact. Attacks that deal no damage because of the target’s damage reduction do not disrupt spells.

Magical attacks and energy attacks (even mundane fire) ignore damage reduction.

For purposes of harming other creatures with damage reduction, a creature’s natural weapons count as weapons of the type that can ignore its own innate damage reduction. The amount of damage reduction is irrelevant.

So the 1d6 fire damage is not reduced by damage reduction in your example, but all other damage would be (weapon dmg+str damage).

edit - I should point out I mean your first example with the DR 15/+2 vs. the +1 flaming longsword, not the skeleton example.

 

[Spoof]

Yea, that is what I thought. Does anyone know what the new rules will do to this? Per example 2 and 3?

 

[kreynolds]

Does anyone know what the new rules will do to this? Per example 2 and 3?

I would assume the fire would bypass 2, and maybe even 3, but I'm not sure how closely 10/blunt is supposed to be to barbarian DR.