Question about the spell "Favor of Ilmater"

[comareddin]

For those of you who have "player's guide to faerun" on page 102 there is a spell called favor of Ilmater. The spell description begins as "The target becomes immune to nonlethal damage,..."
Am I misinterpreting this or does this really mean that if a damage source does not kill the recipient of the spell outright then he is immune to this damage? Or is there a damage category called nonlethal (maybe subdual) that I do not know about?

 

[thompgc]

Nonlethal is a damage type (you may think of it as subdual)
http://d20srd.org/srd/combat/injuryandDeath.htm#nonlethalDamage

Certain attacks deal nonlethal damage. Other effects, such as heat or being exhausted, also deal nonlethal damage. When you take nonlethal damage, keep a running total of how much you’ve accumulated. Do not deduct the nonlethal damage number from your current hit points. It is not "real" damage. Instead, when your nonlethal damage equals your current hit points, you’re staggered, and when it exceeds your current hit points, you fall unconscious. It doesn’t matter whether the nonlethal damage equals or exceeds your current hit points because the nonlethal damage has gone up or because your current hit points have gone down.

 

[IcyCool]

I seem to recall "Favor of Ilmater" combining nicely with the spell, "Monstrous Regeneration." For a limited time only, you were immune to any damage that wasn't from fire or acid.