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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Michaluk" data-source="post: 3595382" data-attributes="member: 45232">Exaclty, it works just like an other spell that discharges under certain conditions.  Meaning, the condition happens, then the spell goes away.  When your character is hit, he has DR 10, so the hit does 10 less damage.  The stone skin spell has now met is limit of 150 damage (in fact it is up to 159 damage) and discharges.There's no need to revise an existing rule (DR) when it works just fine as written and intended.  If one interpretation works with existing rules and one does not, the one that does is correct.An additional interpretation: The discharging of the spell works like a readied action.  Think of it as the spell having a readied action to end if it absorbs 150 damage.  Then, resolve it like a regular readied action.  You get hit and have DR 10.  This is negated and puts stone skin over 150, so it discharges.  But, as per readied actions, the discharging is resolved before the damage that triggers it.  In this case, the stone skine discharges and winds up not absorbing any damage from the final hit!I personally think that stone skin absorbs 10 damage on the last hit.</blockquote>