Vow of Poverty Damage Reduction

[Angel of Adventure]

I was looking over the BoED/VoP and had a question about the DR ability.

First, the character gains DR 5/Magic, then DR 5/Evil, and ultimately DR 10/Evil.

My question is, does the DR/Evil supercede the DR/Magic, or would the character ultimately end up with both (DR 5/Evil and Magic, then DR 10/Evil and Magic)?

Thanks,

AoA

 

[Cheiromancer]

Depends on the wording.

If the DR is described in terms of level ranges (e.g. level X to level Y gets DR 5/magic, level Y+1 to level Z gets DR 5/evil) then the DR /evil supercedes the DR /magic.

If the DR is described in terms of minimum level (e.g. characters get DR/magic at level X, and DR 5/evil at level Y) the the DR /evil overlaps with the DR /magic.

What is the exact wording the BoED uses?

 

[Angel of Adventure]

Its says that the character gains DR 5/Magic at level 10. This improves to DR 5/Evil at 15th, etc., etc.

 

[Bront]

It doesn't stack, it changes. You end up with DR 10/Evil, not DR 10/ Evil and Magic.

 

[domino]

However, as evil weapons must be magical to begin with, it's better.

 

[IcyCool]

However, as evil weapons must be magical to begin with, it's better.

Unless, of course, an [evil] outsider is striking at you with a plain old sword.

 

[Infiniti2000]

Or someone cast align weapon [evil] or corrupt weapon.

 

[Nail]

Unless, of course, an [evil] outsider is striking at you with a plain old sword.

Exactly!

IMC, we allow the VoP PC to get both DR X/Evil and Magic. The text is murky enough that we're not going against RAW.

 

[Infiniti2000]

I think allowing DR 10/Evil and DR 5/magic would be okay. If they just have Evil covered, they still need to overcome 5 magic.

 

[Angel of Adventure]

That's the way I'm leaning, as it does not say that the DR/Magic advances to 10. I would think you'd have both, DR 10/Evil and DR 5/Magic, once you meet the level reqs, of course.