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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 3141198" data-attributes="member: 710">It seems partly a holdover from earlier editions (but that doesn't explain why the mechanics were created then).Personally, I think with a better saving throw "policy" (like all spells allow a save), the mechanics could probably be removed. A creature with a general resistance to spells would just add a certain bonus to its saves (or maybe it would treat all its saving throws as good - meaning 2+1/2 level as modifier -  for the purposes of spells)Still, even with such a mechanic, SR achieves something saving throw modifiers do not: It marks a creature as particular resistant to magic regardless of the type (saving throw required) of the spell. Once this resistance is broken, creature specifics apply (saving throw, energy resistance/immunity and so on)</blockquote>