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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 5605027" data-attributes="member: 23094">You asked:The answer is, "You do nonlethal damage in exactly the same way as you do normal damage; it's measured in hit points, which includes all of the bizarre abstractions that hit points require; it is not required that you hit them with the pommel, because nonlethal damage from a dagger still carries the piercing and slashing types (it will overcome DR 5/Slashing, for instance, while pommel-smacking for bludgeoning damage would not); if you applied injury-type poison to your dagger, you'd still apply it even if you were doing nonlethal damage.  The only differences are that it heals faster, counts up, and knocks you out instead of killing you."</blockquote>