Can only be hit by magical weapons.....

[Tuzenbach]

So I've yet to play a 3.0/3.5 D&D game but I have a few of the books. Just when I thought I'd figured out the bulk of these rules, it hits me. Where'd the "can only be hit by magical weapons" rule go? When I looked and realized it wasn't there I all of a sudden didn't regard magic weapons as "special" as I used to. For that matter, Golems, Demons, Devils, etc. aren't as special any more either. Now you just need a lot of levels or strength or feats. Boring!

 

[Power_Munchkin]

hm

It's now called "damage reduction". If you're nostalgic for "can only be harmed by magical weapons", incorporeal creatures still have that mechanic.

Personally, I find the "sorry, you must have this many plusses on your weapon to ride this dungeon" rule of previous editions silly. Werewolf falls from orbit; walks off without a scratch. Maybe there was some additional clunky rule that said "ground is magical for the purposes of falling upon..." (?!)

 

[LizardWizard]

I think this "only magical weapons" rule is rather stupid because the difficulty of the fight heavily depends on your equipment (and, ultimately, your DM's generosity). If you happened to have a +3 crossbow back in 2E, you could kill rakshasas with little difficulty; if you didn't, you were as good as dead.
Offtopic: Nice nickname, Tuzenbach. Did you take it from The Three Sisters?

 

[Hypersmurf]

I will not cease from Mental Fight // Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand // Till we have built Jerusalem // In Russia's green and pleasant Land.

Hey, it's a Psion/Evangelist with a Dancing Sword!

-Hyp.

 

[LizardWizard]

2 Hypesmurf:
ROFL

 

[Zappo]

Damage reduction. Damage reduction 50/magic, if you really need to. The idea that a creature could be hit by an asteroid strike and walk away unharmed was rather silly anyway.

 

[dcollins]

Celestial bodies such as asteroids or the earth never counted as weapons in any version of D&D, as odd as that may apparently seem.

 

[Horoku]

I was always quite fond of the "can only be hit by magic weapons."
It's especially fun to pull on newbies who have never encountered a lycanthrope before, and have no magic or silver weapons handy.

Fighter: I charge up to him and swing my mace into his head!

DM: The hideous rat-creature's skull crunches sickeningly and impacts around your iron mace! He staggers to the side and, to your revulsion, his head forms back into shape with a vile squelching noise. He gives you a rotten buck-toothed grin, and begins advancing on you...

Fighter: Bugger!

 

[Scion]

Guess it depends on who originaly threw the asteroid If any weapons they weild count as magical and, say, lawful then we have a magical, lawful asteroid floating around!

Hey, it is d&d, it could happen. Talk about the range increment penalty though.

 

[Tuzenbach]

Offtopic: Nice nickname, Tuzenbach. Did you take it from The Three Sisters?

Good catch! Quite a good name, I thought. Though I'm not really a fan of Chekov's works, that name always stuck with me. Now Strindberg's works, OTOH........