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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Technik4" data-source="post: 680621" data-attributes="member: 7211">IF the special material DR comes up often enough that fighters feel they arent getting their slice of pie, than I would say there is a problem. But not with special material DR.The new DR WILL add flavor to certain monsters, flavor they once had and presently dont. Its not some willy-nilly decision to just scatter DR around, there are some monsters that traditionally have different ways of hurting them. Lyncanthropes and Skeletons spring to mind. I think if the system is overused it will be unpopular, but if it is used with discretion it will be a lot of fun.If your fighter has never had a special DR fight, and he does have one, that the DM didn't drop some hints that were coming, AND the fighter doesnt have any sort of interesting utility combat feat (Expertise, Power Attack, Improved Disarm, Improved Bull Rush, etc etc) THEN all the fighter will be able to do is think of something ingenious and meatshield for the party. Afterwards, if the party manages to determine what kind of monster it was, and what sort of weapon would have penetrated its hide, then the fighter may go and buy such a weapon.At the end of a long career (level 20) you could easily have not fought more than 1 or 2 special material DR creatures, which means unless youre a paranoid min/maxer you only have about 3 weapons, at least one of which you probably havent used for a long time as you fought the special material monster when you were a lower level.Can the scenario easily be switched to one where the fighter constantly feels a little left out by the massive amount of special material DR hes facing? Yes, but at that point its a conscious decision by either a module designer or a dm. And if its the SAME kind of special materials DR, the fighter may decide that his main weapon will become a weapon made from that material, and it will be something associated with him to give him prestige, people will know the fighter who carries a dark red sword named Fairy Bane.The rules can twist and contort as you and your dm are willing to twist them. Some people see golfbags, and some people see more opportunity for individual fighters.Technik</blockquote>

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