DR and Magic

[AnonymousOne]

This was a quote on the WotC boards about DR and the Warlock's Eldritch Blast

All magical effects completely ignore all damage reduction. Only real, physical things like swords, teeth, and rocks have to worry about damage reduction. So Eldritch Blast and even Ray of Frost will hurt something that has DR 50/adamantine.

Is this accurate and if so is there a source you could point me to? I searched the SRD and couldn't find anything about this.

 

[Jhulae]

Damage Reduction

A creature with this special quality ignores damage from most weapons and natural attacks. Wounds heal immediately, or the weapon bounces off harmlessly (in either case, the opponent knows the attack was ineffective). The creature takes normal damage from energy attacks (even nonmagical ones), spells, spell-like abilities, and supernatural abilities. A certain kind of weapon can sometimes damage the creature normally, as noted below.

There you go.

 

[irdeggman]

Remember that a warlock's EB is a spell-like ability. That should put it in the proper perspective.

 

[AnonymousOne]

There you go.

Appreciate it. Damn search function in the Hypertext simply couldn't find DR.

 

[Jhulae]

Appreciate it. Damn search function in the Hypertext simply couldn't find DR.

Yeah.. You'd *assume* it'd be under the 'Damage' section.. since it's, you know, Damage Reduction...

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