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<blockquote data-quote="Hawken" data-source="post: 2900859" data-attributes="member: 23619">I'm going to buck the concensus and say, in this situation, the werewolf takes no damage. Sneak attack damage is precision based damage and is added on only if you inflict damage in the first place. It's no different if you miss the target; you don't hit that &quot;spot&quot; so you don't do the extra damage. It's also no different when facing targets with 4 levels more than the rogue levels, they know enough to keep the rogue from hitting that &quot;spot&quot;, so no SA damage is inflicted (unless that rule got errataed out when I wasn't looking). If the weapon itself does not inflict enough damage to bypass damage reduction, then there is no SA damage. SA is targeting vital organs, spots, etc, and if that spot is not even damaged (because of the damage reduction), then no additional effect (SA damage) occurs. As for the second situation, I have to go with the rest on that one. The spell completely bypasses DR, so it inflicts its standard damage plus SA damage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hawken, post: 2900859, member: 23619"] I'm going to buck the concensus and say, in this situation, the werewolf takes no damage. Sneak attack damage is precision based damage and is added on only if you inflict damage in the first place. It's no different if you miss the target; you don't hit that "spot" so you don't do the extra damage. It's also no different when facing targets with 4 levels more than the rogue levels, they know enough to keep the rogue from hitting that "spot", so no SA damage is inflicted (unless that rule got errataed out when I wasn't looking). If the weapon itself does not inflict enough damage to bypass damage reduction, then there is no SA damage. SA is targeting vital organs, spots, etc, and if that spot is not even damaged (because of the damage reduction), then no additional effect (SA damage) occurs. As for the second situation, I have to go with the rest on that one. The spell completely bypasses DR, so it inflicts its standard damage plus SA damage. [/QUOTE]

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