Clinging Breat and Energy Resistance

[Felon]

The Clinging Breath feat from Draconomicon causes a breath weapon to inflict extra damage to a creature on the following round. Is energy resistance fully applied to the follow-up damage as well?

 

[Rystil Arden]

The Clinging Breath feat from Draconomicon causes a breath weapon to inflict extra damage to a creature on the following round. Is energy resistance fully applied to the follow-up damage as well?

Absolutely, why would it not be? Energy Resistance is applied every time you take energy damage--for instance, did you know that the Scorching Ray spell allows Energy Resistance for each ray (so Energy Resistance 30 makes you immune to the spell, even with 3 rays).

 

[pawsplay]

Moreover, energy resistance is applied per round, not per attack.

 

[Infiniti2000]

Moreover, energy resistance is applied per round, not per attack.

Hey, man, you're living in the past! That is so 3.0 of you.

In 3.5, resist energy is applied per attack. This is evident in the spell resist energy and in the DMG (pg. 298), which admittedly has more text than the SRD. Notably:

Each resistance ability is defined by what energy type it resists and how many points of damage are resisted. For example, a janni has resistance to fire 10. A janni can ignore the first 10 points of fire damage it takes each attack. It doesn’t matter whether the damage has a mundane or magical source.

Note also that the description on pg. 314 of the MM concurs.

 

[pawsplay]

Hey, man, you're living in the past! That is so 3.0 of you.

In 3.5, resist energy is applied per attack. This is evident in the spell resist energy and in the DMG (pg. 298), which admittedly has more text than the SRD. Notably:
Note also that the description on pg. 314 of the MM concurs.

Hm, I did not even notice that change.

 

[frankthedm]

Moreover, energy resistance is applied per round, not per attack.

Odd!

Resist Energy Spell
....The subject gains energy resistance 10 against the energy type chosen, meaning that each time the creature is subjected to such damage (whether from a natural or magical source), that damage is reduced by 10 points before being applied to the creature’s hit points.

Resistance To Energy Special Ability Entry http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#resistanceToEnergy
A creature with resistance to energy has the ability (usually extraordinary) to ignore some damage of a certain type each round, but it does not have total immunity....

 

[pawsplay]

Odd!

Resist Energy Spell
....The subject gains energy resistance 10 against the energy type chosen, meaning that each time the creature is subjected to such damage (whether from a natural or magical source), that damage is reduced by 10 points before being applied to the creature’s hit points.

Resistance To Energy Special Ability Entry http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#resistanceToEnergy
A creature with resistance to energy has the ability (usually extraordinary) to ignore some damage of a certain type each round, but it does not have total immunity....

Hm, should this be errata?

 

[Infiniti2000]

Hm, should this be errata?

Probably, especially since the example in the DMG which was not reproduced in the SRD gives a different interpretation from the surrounding text.