Does hardness apply against elemental and magic attacks as well as physical blows? The only place I can find anything is in the PH and it doesn't specify. It seems that it might. Its already better than damage reduction as nothing can bypass it, but does it act like elemental/magical resistance too? If so it doesn't seem too big a deal for objects, but it might be for animated objects.
Hardness
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Mr Fidgit
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this is from the SRD:
"Immunities
Inanimate objects are immune to critical hits. Objects are immune to subdual damage. Animated objects are immune to critical hits because they are constructs.
Ranged Weapon Damage
Objects take half damage from ranged weapons (except for damage from siege engines and the like). Divide the damage by 2 before applying the object's hardness.
Energy Attacks
Objects take half damage from acid, fire, and lightning attacks. Divide the damage by 2 before applying the hardness. Cold attacks deal one- quarter damage to objects. Sonic attacks deal full damage to objects.
Ineffective Weapons
The DM may determine that certain weapons just can't deal damage effectively to certain objects. For example, a combatant will have a hard time chopping down a door by shooting arrows at it or cutting a rope with a club.
Vulnerability to Certain Attacks
The DM may rule that certain attacks are especially successful against some objects. For example, it's easy to light a curtain on fire or rip up a scroll."
hope that helps
"Immunities
Inanimate objects are immune to critical hits. Objects are immune to subdual damage. Animated objects are immune to critical hits because they are constructs.
Ranged Weapon Damage
Objects take half damage from ranged weapons (except for damage from siege engines and the like). Divide the damage by 2 before applying the object's hardness.
Energy Attacks
Objects take half damage from acid, fire, and lightning attacks. Divide the damage by 2 before applying the hardness. Cold attacks deal one- quarter damage to objects. Sonic attacks deal full damage to objects.
Ineffective Weapons
The DM may determine that certain weapons just can't deal damage effectively to certain objects. For example, a combatant will have a hard time chopping down a door by shooting arrows at it or cutting a rope with a club.
Vulnerability to Certain Attacks
The DM may rule that certain attacks are especially successful against some objects. For example, it's easy to light a curtain on fire or rip up a scroll."
hope that helps
kreynolds
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Stalker0 said:
Yuppers.
One of the DMs in my group has been trying for weeks to convince me that the rules state sonic attacks bypass the hardness of any object, which is total crap, but I can't blame him for being wrong any more than I could blame myself for the blunders I've made too. 
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