DR/magic q's

[bweenie]

for a creature with DR/Magic, would a (for example) *speed stone* or a *flight arrow* or even a *flaming arrow* count as magic, or does it have to be +1 or greater enchantment?

 

[argo]

I'm not sure I understand your question. By the RAW a enhanced weapon must have at least a +1 enhancement on it before you can start adding special abilities. So you don't get flaming arrows you always get at least a +1 Flaming arrow. In which case it will of course penetrate DR/magic.

Or were you talking about something else?

 

[Doomhawk]

There's no such thing as a flaming arrow without an enhancement bonus. Any magic weapon has to have at least a +1 enhancement bonus before it can receive any special abilities like speed or flaming.

 

[kigmatzomat]

Unless you use the Flame Arrow spell that, IIRC, only provides a bonus to damage but none to attack.

IMO, DR magic would apply vs. magically augmented weapons that do not have an "enhancement" bonus on them however DR/magic does not apply vs. energy attacks, such as the fire portion of flaming arrows. So if a mage cast Flame Arrow and gave your archers' arrows +5 damage then even if the DR/magic overpowered the arrows' physical damage they would still take 5 points of fire damage.

Back in "the day" my party used flaming torches all to often as the only effective weapon they had against low hp/high DR creatures.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Yes, it needs an actual enhancement - either +1 (or better) ammunition, or a +1 (or better) projectile weapon.

So if you cast flame arrow, you have flaming arrows (not +1 flaming arrows). They deal extra damage (fire) which ignores DR, but the base damage is and remains nonmagical, so it is subject to DR.