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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 3946283" data-attributes="member: 7808">The text you quoted has the answer.  Evasion works "against an attack that normally deals half damage on a successful save".  Magic has nothing to do with it.But noting that, its worth pointing out that the cloak is a horribly designed item.  First, we already have a mechanic for shrugging off damage from non-magical attacks.  It's called Damage Reduction.  Second, making this an absolute protection is ridiculous.  I have a mental image of a Colossus picking up an enormous boulder, using it to smash a castle housing someone wearing the cloak, and then watching the boulder disapear because it's not magically enchanted.  Third, adding a reflex save to every attack is bad game design; the extra roll every time someone attacks you with a mundane arrow will just slow down play.  Fourth, making the save a fixed number that doesn't take into account the skill of the person attacking you is just plain stupid.  So an epic archer with a magic bow and +10 arrow has the same change of hitting you as a level 1 commoner with a +1 arrow, based on your ability to dodge it?  Finally, making that number so ridiculously low that anyone with a decent build can make it 95% of the time by the time they can afford the item was rather poor planning.My only conclusion can be that this item was designed by a large number of monkey's sitting behind typewriters, and that your DM should simply ban it, or rewrite it from the ground up.</blockquote>

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