DR and immunities

[robberbaron]

If an attack fails to get past DR I generally say it bounced off.
If they are only just getting through I tell them that as well.
If they are doing fair damage I wait a couple of rounds and give them a spot to notice.

They normally realise something is not normal when they haven't cut whatever it is down in 2 rounds.

Might try RAW and have wounds instantly close up. Should freak the players out a bit. Heh, heh.

Immunities: NPC is wreathed in fire and laughs. Muwahahahahah! It tickles!

 

[Firedancer]

+5 keyboard; seems we share the same view of un/acceptable metagaming! I fondly remember a good player (ftr) discovering his hated foe had DR; he promptly dropped his shield and used both hands on the sword hilt and angrily hacked.

our DM generally allows a knowledge roll just before combat is initiated so if we know any immunities and DRs we have time to spread the knowledge. Often he just tells us after the first around or second round of combat, and then we just tell him what damage we do with DR taken into account.

In a recent game I played in a player asked for a knowledge (monsters) skill to do this. I think I read somewhere K(Arcana) was the skill for this? And like you I've played in games where the DM gives us knowledge checks for various gribblies. Of course this just exacberates the skill-bereft fighter who's face is to the grindstone!

 

[Merkuri]

In a recent game I played in a player asked for a knowledge (monsters) skill to do this. I think I read somewhere K(Arcana) was the skill for this? And like you I've played in games where the DM gives us knowledge checks for various gribblies. Of course this just exacberates the skill-bereft fighter who's face is to the grindstone!

Monsters fall under different types of knowledge, depending on the type of monster:

Arcana (constructs, dragons, magical beasts)
Dungeoneering (aberrations, oozes)
Local (humanoids)
Nature (animals, fey, giants, monstrous humanoids, plants, vermin)
Religion (gods and goddesses, undead)
The planes (outsiders, elementals)

(From here)

 

[Firedancer]

Gracias!

Monsters fall under different types of knowledge, depending on the type of monster:
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The things you forget when you don't use them. I'm going to sit in the corner for a few minutes, my head hung in shame...