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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CronoDekar" data-source="post: 1936154" data-attributes="member: 5998">What nameless said -- that rule only applies to creatures with DR magic or epic.I can't think of any balance issues in particular, since for most parties it's rare that they'd fight both good and evil outsiders.  The main issue I see is the flavor issue -- is it alignment DR, and if not, what is it?  Also, (depending on how you deal with the issue) you've got to deal with holy weapons being able to bypass celestials' DR and unholy weapons being able to bypass demons' DR.  It would work to make it some natural resistance that outsiders have the capability to have.I like what Cheiromancer said, and that makes it very tempting for fiends to make people weilding holy blades into their thralls.  If you don't care to go that route, the one I've always been doing is to just ignore the issue altogether -- demons and devils have a way of hurting each other, but since that's not a focal point to the campaign I don't have to bother developing a mechanic for it.  If the Blood War (or any other outsider conflict) is significant in your game though, this option probably wouldn't be good for you.</blockquote>