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<blockquote data-quote="phindar" data-source="post: 3425818" data-attributes="member: 37198">I think how you would split the damage depends on how you think Shield Other works.&nbsp; If it's outside the character's body (similar to a forcefield), then the spell takes half the incoming damage and transfers it to the caster, the other half goes to the character who then applies his DR.&nbsp; If its inside the character's body, the character is struck, applies DR, and then the reduced damage is split and half goes to the caster.&nbsp; You can go one deeper, What if the Caster has DR?&nbsp; Does the spell transfer damage in the same way it is taken, so that if A is slashed for 10 points of damage, 5 points of Slashing Damage is subject to B's DR, or does B take 5 points of metaphysical damage?&nbsp; What if the Shielded character takes damage from an Inflict Wounds spell, and the caster of SO is undead and would normally be healed by that?&nbsp; (Or what if a mortal necromancer casts SO on his undead servant, which is then hit by a Cure spell?)&nbsp; None of the above situations are covered directly by the wording of the spell, so its guesswork.&nbsp; I figure SO is like the forcefield, damage is transferred before DR is applied, and the transferred damage is unnamed, so the caster's immunities and defenses don't work.&nbsp; By casting the spell, the caster is accepting the damage, so he can't weasel out of it later by saying &quot;I'm immune to fire/inflicts/slashing.&quot;&nbsp; It's just damage at that point.&nbsp; But that may be a little too draconian.&nbsp; It might be more balanced to say that either the target's defenses apply (Resistances are applied before damage is split, the SO is internal to the target creature), or the damage is split evenly and resistances apply on both sides.&nbsp; It's either the forcefield that transfers damage by type, or an internal thing that transfers an unnamed damage type.&nbsp; What does the mob think?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="phindar, post: 3425818, member: 37198"] I think how you would split the damage depends on how you think Shield Other works. If it's outside the character's body (similar to a forcefield), then the spell takes half the incoming damage and transfers it to the caster, the other half goes to the character who then applies his DR. If its inside the character's body, the character is struck, applies DR, and then the reduced damage is split and half goes to the caster. You can go one deeper, What if the Caster has DR? Does the spell transfer damage in the same way it is taken, so that if A is slashed for 10 points of damage, 5 points of Slashing Damage is subject to B's DR, or does B take 5 points of metaphysical damage? What if the Shielded character takes damage from an Inflict Wounds spell, and the caster of SO is undead and would normally be healed by that? (Or what if a mortal necromancer casts SO on his undead servant, which is then hit by a Cure spell?) None of the above situations are covered directly by the wording of the spell, so its guesswork. I figure SO is like the forcefield, damage is transferred before DR is applied, and the transferred damage is unnamed, so the caster's immunities and defenses don't work. By casting the spell, the caster is accepting the damage, so he can't weasel out of it later by saying "I'm immune to fire/inflicts/slashing." It's just [i]damage[/i] at that point. But that may be a little too draconian. It might be more balanced to say that either the target's defenses apply (Resistances are applied before damage is split, the SO is internal to the target creature), or the damage is split evenly and resistances apply on both sides. It's either the forcefield that transfers damage by type, or an internal thing that transfers an unnamed damage type. What does the mob think? [/QUOTE]

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