Mercule Adventurer Apr 15, 2003 #21 Merlion said: Damage reduction X/- does indeed work against anything and everything including heat and cold as far as I know. I was under the impression it was an expetion to the usual rule about energy Click to expand... Well, since you've always seemed pretty sharp, I'll consider myself in good company in my ignorance of the rule. In my DMG, on p 74, under the DR description, there is a small bullet point that reads: Magical attack and energy attacks (even mundane fire) ignore damage reduction. Click to expand... I'd never noticed it until Steve told me to go reread it.
Merlion said: Damage reduction X/- does indeed work against anything and everything including heat and cold as far as I know. I was under the impression it was an expetion to the usual rule about energy Click to expand... Well, since you've always seemed pretty sharp, I'll consider myself in good company in my ignorance of the rule. In my DMG, on p 74, under the DR description, there is a small bullet point that reads: Magical attack and energy attacks (even mundane fire) ignore damage reduction. Click to expand... I'd never noticed it until Steve told me to go reread it.
