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Message: <blockquote data-quote="genshou" data-source="post: 2819844" data-attributes="member: 13164">Come on, people!  Where's the love?  This is usually a fairly lively topic every time it's brought up. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />I'm a big fan of armour DR, but not usually with D&D's hit points.  I think it works better with a system that has fewer bodily "hit points", like vitality/wounds (also from Unearthed Arcana just like the DR variants you love, though the Star Wars RPG version is better), Ken Hood's Grim-n-Gritty Revised, or those in a number of 3rd-party d20 rulesets.  I also like it best with some kind of Defense/Armour Class bonus that increases with level.One of the biggest problems with armour DR is of course monsters with very high natural armour ratings and a lot of hit points, such as the bigger dragon varieties.  Their insanely high natural armour scores make a damaging hit nigh unto impossible, even with powerful magic weapons.  The Power Attack feat is about the only way to get around this (and it's highly recommended you use it, considering their new Defense scores will be below 10 due to those horrible size penalties).</blockquote>