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<blockquote data-quote="Grog" data-source="post: 662954" data-attributes="member: 6183">Everyone is too focused on the question of whether or not a character can get through DR. That is not the right question, people.The question is, can the character get through the DR and still do enough damage to have an impact on the enemy? A 1st level rogue with a 10 strength and a shortsword can get through the DR of a skeleton with 5/blunt. That doesn't mean the rogue is going to be a factor when the party fights said skeleton.If my damage is 2d6+8, I can get through 10 points of DR very easily. But look at the effect it has. My average damage is 15. Against a DR 10 creature, that drops to 5. My damage is 1/3 of what it normally is. Say I have two attacks. Against an enemy with, say, 100 hit points, I go from being a significant factor in the combat to being insignificant. And that happens despite me being able to punch through the creature's DR with ease.That supposes that there are only two material types in question. It looks like there will be more. And even if there are only two, that means that you aren't a two-weapon user whenever you have to fight something with DR.Yes - until you run out of arrows tipped with the proper metal type.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grog, post: 662954, member: 6183"] Everyone is too focused on the question of whether or not a character can get through DR. That is not the right question, people. The question is, can the character get through the DR [i]and still do enough damage to have an impact on the enemy[/i]? A 1st level rogue with a 10 strength and a shortsword can get through the DR of a skeleton with 5/blunt. That doesn't mean the rogue is going to be a factor when the party fights said skeleton. If my damage is 2d6+8, I can get through 10 points of DR very easily. But look at the effect it has. My average damage is 15. Against a DR 10 creature, that drops to 5. My damage is 1/3 of what it normally is. Say I have two attacks. Against an enemy with, say, 100 hit points, I go from being a significant factor in the combat to being insignificant. And that happens despite me being able to punch through the creature's DR with ease. That supposes that there are only two material types in question. It looks like there will be more. And even if there are only two, that means that you aren't a two-weapon user whenever you have to fight something with DR. Yes - until you run out of arrows tipped with the proper metal type. [/QUOTE]

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