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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 7116742" data-attributes="member: 2012">I too had thought that DR blocked energy damage, but it doesn't. Energy damage is blocked by <a href="http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Energy_resistance" target="_blank">Resistance to Energy</a> not Damage Reduction. So, when a projectile weapon that does 4d10 (avg. 22) electricity damage strikes a <a href="http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Chain_Devil" target="_blank">chain devil</a>, for example, its DR 5/silver or good doesn't block the 22 points of energy damage. Now, if that damage was created by a spell, it would have to bypass the kyton's SR of 18. And if the damage was Cold damage, it wouldn't hurt the chain devil at all.If a kyton was a construct with hardness 5 instead of DR, that same 22 points of electricity damage would only do 6 points of damage. The electricity damage would have to be divided by two and then applied to the hardness (11-5=6).Actually, any projectile weapon, including weapons that do energy damage can be enchanted in a Dragonstar game. It says this on pp. 77-79 the Dragonstar Guide to the Galaxy. While energy cells for projectile weapons cannot be enchanted, ammunition cartridges for slug throwers can be enchanted. So, Davik could buy/commission enchanted magazines for his railgun rifle. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Since his hardsuit isn't <a href="http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Masterwork_Armor" target="_blank">masterwork armor</a>, he couldn't get it enchanted with more protections, but he could buy/commission a hardsuit that offers magical protections.</blockquote>

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