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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bat" data-source="post: 2623640" data-attributes="member: 37234">I was playing in a 3.5 d&d game last night.  This is a campaign that has been ongoing since around may of this year, and I am currently a 15th level barbarian.  Last night, our DM hit me with the spell Energy Drain.  I was none too happy with this, as it takes 3 levels away with no save.  My question is: Is there a way to get aroud being affected by energy drain?  I have looked up spell resistance, and thought about getting it put on my armor, but that highest the DMG offers is SR 19, and that is going to cost around 40,000 gp.  Since Energy Drain is a 9th level spell, that means the clerics casting it will have to be 17th level, minimum.  That, in turn, means they will have to roll a 1 on a d20 to fail thier check to overcome my SR.  That seems like alot of money to pay to have a 1 in 20 chance of not being affected by this spell.I looked up the spell Spell Resistance, and it offers SR 21, but I am not a caster and that spell cannot be made permanant.  At least, I didnt see it listed in the list of spells that can be made permanant in the Permanant spell descriptor.  Is there any other way to avoid being affected by Energy Drain?  I really do not like that spell; it limits my effectiveness in combat, and it forced me to permantly lose a level.  I was not happy with that.  I understand that it is sometimes part of the game, but, another part of the game is the DM finding ways to counter my effectiveness in combat (like with the energy drain spell) and then me finding ways to counter his counter, which is what I am attempting to do now.</blockquote>

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