DR bypassing weapons

[Trainz]

What are the most effective DR bypassing weapons ?

So far, the best one I saw in my campaigns was an adamantine holy +1 weapon (affects most golems, affects many evil creatures, affects incorporeal cratures (still with the 1 in 2 miss chance) and some magical DR beasts).

Are there better enchantments that exist, including epic ones, to cover the most DR's possible with a single weapon ? What would be the best combo in your opinion ?

Also, is there a way to make a single weapon that covers the most possible number of metallic DR's (adamantine, silver, cold iron...) ?

 

[Camarath]

The Angelwing Razor from BoVD (Major Artifact) say that it ignores damage reduction and hardness of any kind.

 

[Trainz]

The Angelwing Razor from BoVD (Major Artifact) say that it ignores damage reduction and hardness of any kind.

That's quite cool.

Are there more accessible ones ? Major Artefacts was not quite what I had in mind, but I am happy that *somewhere* in a book the issue is *somewhat* addressed...

 

[Pax]

Double weapon. One end is Adamantine +1 Holy Axiomatic. The other end is Cold Iron +1 Unholy Anarchic.

Add to this a potion belt (FRCS, nonmagical), fully stocked with vials of silversheen.

The only sorts of DR you won't penetrate with that setup are Epic, and somethign like 5/-.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Double weapon. One end is Adamantine +1 Holy Axiomatic. The other end is Cold Iron +1 Unholy Anarchic.

Make it a Gyrspike.

The straight, rigid, shining adamantine of the sword blade to represent Law and Good; the sinuous chain and cruel spikes to represent Chaos and Evil.

You've got slashing and bludgeoning; wear armor spikes and you've got the piercing as backup.

-Hyp.

 

[Camarath]

BoED has two spells Silvered Weapon and Touch of Adamantine which if used in conjunction with the Align Weapon spell and a +6 Cold Iron weapon would allow you to penetrate most kinds of DR, you woud need a caster or custom item for the spells though, and you would need to find a weapon with the type of Bludgeoning, Slashing, and/or Piercing to be able to take on everything.

 

[Hypersmurf]

... and you would need to find a weapon with the type of Bludgeoning, Slashing, and/or Piercing...

That's a Bite attack

-Hyp.

 

[Camarath]

That's a Bite attack

-Hyp.

Now all you need is a way to make a Bite attack a manufactured weapon.
Edit: oh and a way to make it Cold Iron as well

 

[AnthonyJ]

Ponder cold iron iron golems.

Also ponder adamantine golems or animated objects. By the normal rules for adamantine (ignores hardness <20), since adamantine is hardness 20, you have a golem with DR 20/-.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Now all you need is a way to make a Bite attack a manufactured weapon.
Edit: oh and a way to make it Cold Iron as well

You don't know your Bond movies, do you?

-Hyp.