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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mvincent" data-source="post: 3974291" data-attributes="member: 27034">From the 3.5 FAQ (if desired):"How do spells like Evard’s black tentacles and ice stormaffect a creature with damage reduction overcome by magicand bludgeoning? Do the tentacles and hailstones dealmagical bludgeoning damage?Any damage dealt by a spell or other magical effect isunaffected by damage reduction."and"Does damage reduction help against powers that dealslashing, piercing, or bludgeoning damage, such as crystalshard (Expanded Psionics Handbook, page 89)?Spells (and powers), spell-like abilities, and energy attacksignore damage reduction (Dungeon Master’s Guide, page 292).Thus, even if a spell or power describes its damage asbludgeoning, piercing, or slashing, it is still a spell (or power)effect, and thus damage reduction does not apply (unless thespell or power’s description specifically states otherwise)."I'm guessing that the OP's group isn't "getting" their method from anywhere, so much as it just makes intuitive sense to them (as it would to many people that hadn't read the FAQ's ruling, self included).</blockquote>