Bladeling questions

[Omegaxicor]

for those who don't know Bladeling is a monster from MM2, now I have two questions about it:

1) easiest being "DR 5/+1 (Slashing and Piercing only)" means what? any Blunt weapon penetrates or is it immune to Blunt weapons and only +1 slashing/piercing weapons work?

2) How does the loss of a power effect CR, the creature is CR 1 (with a DR that requires +1 weapons to bypass????) with a 1/day power "Razor Storm" which deals 2d6 damage in a 15"-cone (after use it loses +2 Natural AC, which to me says it's +4 Natural AC should allow 2/day but w/e). Is it too weak without it or strong enough anyway?

the idea is that it has already fought a group that day and killed them, it may have taken damage but I think that would make it too weak so I'll just say it has rested and healed but is still without it's use of Razor Storm.

I would post it's full stats but I am not sure I am allowed, copyright and all...

 

[GX.Sigma]

Based on the Bladeling's appearance in Planes of Law (2e), they should be immune to piercing and slashing weapons, but blunt works fine (or any magic weapon).

 

[Omegaxicor]

I have discovered that somehow MM2 is 3rd Edition not 3.5, that makes no sense but again w/e, it is updated though.

EDIT 2: Ignore the Twig Blight (and I will remember NOT to use MM2 anymore...ever...under any circumstances) but the main question remains, is "DR 5/Magic Bludgeoning" Magic AND Bludgeoning or Magic OR Bludgeoning and is the loss of Razor Storm a big deal?

 

[GX.Sigma]

the main question remains, is "DR 5/Magic Bludgeoning" Magic AND Bludgeoning or Magic OR Bludgeoning

Any magic weapon will work. Non-magical bludgeoning weapons will work. Non-magical piercing weapons and non-magical slashing weapons will not work.

and is the loss of Razor Storm a big deal?

If this particular bladeling is a level 1 warrior with no other special attacks, then yes (it's losing its best attack). If it's a 9th-level sorcerer with a bunch of fireballs, then probably not (it will almost always have something better to do with its standard action).

 

[Omegaxicor]

Any magic weapon will work. Non-magical bludgeoning weapons will work. Non-magical piercing weapons and non-magical slashing weapons will not work.

Magic OR Bludgeoning, got it, thanks

If this particular bladeling is a level 1 warrior with no other special attacks, then yes (it's losing its best attack). If it's a 9th-level sorcerer with a bunch of fireballs, then probably not (it will almost always have something better to do with its standard action).

yea, sorry I meant it is a CR 1 Monster, so Level 1, what would you make it's CR then, 1/2?

 

[Rabulias]

While I don't have a Greek letter as part of my username, I thought I would just point out that the Monster Manual II 3.5 Update Booklet gives the Bladeling a DR value of 5/magic bludgeoning, so normal bludgeoning weapons are still affected by the Bladeling's DR by 3.5 rules. DRs that are X or Y specifically have the word "or" in the DR description.

 

[Omegaxicor]

While I don't have a Greek letter as part of my username, I thought I would just point out that the Monster Manual II 3.5 Update Booklet gives the Bladeling a DR value of 5/magic bludgeoning, so normal bludgeoning weapons are still affected by the Bladeling's DR by 3.5 rules. DRs that are X or Y specifically have the word "or" in the DR description.

I thought I should just point out that DRs that are X and Y specifically have the word "and" in the DR description, hence why I asked.

I have bounced back and forth several times and decided I don't know, GX.Sigma says "Or" and Rabulias says "And", we need a tiebreaker

anyone?

 

[Savage Wombat]

I remembered it as "magic bludgeoning" meaning AND. But I've remembered wrong before, and I've been playing Pathfinder. I do think someone specifically commented on this question in the FAQs at some point. Failing that, compare it to other monsters and see if AND or OR specifically spelled out as a rule.

 

[Omegaxicor]

I remembered it as "magic bludgeoning" meaning AND. But I've remembered wrong before, and I've been playing Pathfinder. I do think someone specifically commented on this question in the FAQs at some point. Failing that, compare it to other monsters and see if AND or OR specifically spelled out as a rule.

admittedly I don't have the Monster Manual memorised but all the monsters I recall specifically call out OR/AND and the glossary says it should be spelled out, but this was a conversion rather than a printed book so I guess standards are less

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/glossary&term=Glossary_dnd_damagereduction&alpha=D

"A few other creatures require combinations of different types of attacks to overcome their damage reduction. The sorrowsworn demon has damage reduction 10/cold iron and good, meaning that a weapon must be made of cold-forged iron and be good-aligned to overcome the demon's damage reduction."