Balor DR

[Elder-Basilisk]

In earlier editions, Rakshasas were slain instantly by a blessed crossbow bolt, if I'm not mistaken.

Yup. Now it takes a couple crits with blessed crossbow bolts and blessed rapiers work as well.

 

[Len]

Yah! How many holy rapiers are there, anyway?

At least two in my group. That is, two of us have rapiers and oil of bless weapon.

 

[Christopher Lambert]

It's not too bad. The pit fiend has DR 15/silver and good and my players beat it mainly with weapons.

Of course, 16th-level players can really dish out damage, provided none of them is a monk or swashbuckler.

 

[Lonely Tylenol]

Swashbuckler leading into Bladesinger isn't that bad. Int bonus to both damage rolls and AC is some nice synergy. Add wizard spellcasting to that, and it's cake. Throw on a few levels of duelist...

Anyway, single-class swashbucklers are terrible, but those first 3 levels make for some mighty fine multiclassing. Especially because the skill selection makes qualifying for certain PrCs that much easier.

 

[Cheiromancer]

If I am not mistaken, a Rakshasa lich should have DR 15/magic and good and piercing and bludgeoning.

Very few attack forms are both piercing and bludgeoning. I think a bite natural attack is, and a morning star. But they also have to be good aligned attacks.

Anyways, beware the Rashasa lich!

 

[HellHound]

And Liches have DR of Magic and Bludgeoning.

And this reminds me of my fave re-typing of that DR.

The lich-queen of the Githyanki has DR X/Magic Blunt (not magic bludgeoning).

So... the party went to waterdeep, and then even to Skullport, and they found some magic pipeweed, but not a magic blunt.

 

[Li Shenron]

If I am not mistaken, a Rakshasa lich should have DR 15/magic and good and piercing and bludgeoning.

Very few attack forms are both piercing and bludgeoning. I think a bite natural attack is, and a morning star. But they also have to be good aligned attacks.

Anyways, beware the Rashasa lich!

That's interesting I suppose it might be better if 2 mutually exclusive attributes would work as an "OR" on the damage reduction. I don't know if it's possible for example to have a combination which gives you DR X/Good AND Evil, but that should automatically be treated as Good OR Evil or otherwise it may be impossible to overcome.

 

[Hypersmurf]

I don't know if it's possible for example to have a combination which gives you DR X/Good AND Evil, but that should automatically be treated as Good OR Evil or otherwise it may be impossible to overcome.

How so? A fiend with a Holy weapon would do it.

-Hyp.

 

[Li Shenron]

How so? A fiend with a Holy weapon would do it.

Aah... ok I was trying to think if a weapon could be holy and unholy at the same time, or a creature's nat attacks, and obviously I didn't think about an outsider of a type wielding a weapon of the other type Probably not a very common thing, but not more rare than a creature with both types either.

 

[Thanee]

Nah, good and evil DR cancel each other out.

Bye
Thanee