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<blockquote data-quote="Markn" data-source="post: 2298306" data-attributes="member: 21827">EgresI don't use psionics and so I can't really answer that question definitively.One thing I can suggest is this - The damage from the Empathic Transfer spell is itself and since you are doing damage with your OWN spell/source it needs to be stated that DR/regeneration can't overcome this damage.&nbsp; This is extremely important for preventing rule abuse - preventing healing of others wounds and then soaking up the damage you are supposed to take into DR.&nbsp; On the other hand Shield Other damage is indirect and not a result of the casting of the spell.&nbsp; The damage is not defined as a type and as such is not subject to any DR, etc, and therefore there is no need to state what is stated in Empathic Transfer.To summarize (and explain more thorougly), the psionic spell is the source of the damage while the Shield Other is not the source.&nbsp; You could go so far as to say that Shield Other doesn't care what the source is.&nbsp; The differences in these spells is subtle but I can see the distinction for one spell pointing out that DR/Regen does not work while the other doesn't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Markn, post: 2298306, member: 21827"] [b]Egres[/b] I don't use psionics and so I can't really answer that question definitively. One thing I can suggest is this - The damage from the Empathic Transfer spell is itself and since you are doing damage with your OWN spell/source it needs to be stated that DR/regeneration can't overcome this damage. This is extremely important for preventing rule abuse - preventing healing of others wounds and then soaking up the damage you are supposed to take into DR. On the other hand Shield Other damage is indirect and not a result of the casting of the spell. The damage is not defined as a type and as such is not subject to any DR, etc, and therefore there is no need to state what is stated in Empathic Transfer. To summarize (and explain more thorougly), the psionic spell is the source of the damage while the Shield Other is not the source. You could go so far as to say that Shield Other doesn't care what the source is. The differences in these spells is subtle but I can see the distinction for one spell pointing out that DR/Regen does not work while the other doesn't. [/QUOTE]

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