A few questions about 3.5 DR [Archive] - Wizards Community

A few questions about 3.5 DR [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Abbacabba
09-14-06, 08:47 AM I know the section about DR in the SRD states that it does not protect against magic.

SRD:
Spells, spell-like abilities, and energy attacks (even nonmagical fire) ignore damage reduction.

So I just want to see what happens in these situtations:

Say we have a creature with DR 5/-

1. Magic Missle : 1d4+1 imagine we roll a 4 for 5 damage...

2. Longsword +1 : 1d8 + 1... say we roll an 4 for 5 damage total, does the DR negate the entire attack? Does the creature take 1 damage from the "magic" +1 damage?

3. Flaming Burst Longsword : 1d8<+1 from magic> + 1d6<fire> + <fire>burst on crit, Does the DR only negate the damage from the normal longsword 1d8? what about the "Flaming" or the posisble "Burst" on a critical?

This is the way I'm running DR:

1. [SPELL] bypasses DR and creature takes 5 damage.

2. From the example above all 5 damage is covered by DR, creature takes no damage.

3. DR only helps from the physical strike from the 1d8+1, since the magic effect is [FIRE] it bypasses DR
Starman IX
09-14-06, 09:39 AM This is the way I'm running DR:

1. [SPELL] bypasses DR and creature takes 5 damage.

2. From the example above all 5 damage is covered by DR, creature takes no damage.

3. DR only helps from the physical strike from the 1d8+1, since the magic effect is [FIRE] it bypasses DRThis is all correct, except, if the physical damage is negated completely, the fire damage does not go off
Zherog
09-14-06, 10:50 AM That's incorrect Starman. Even if the entire damage from the sword is negated by the DR, the fire damage still happens. I'll track down a rule/FAQ quote later, if nobody else can provide it in the meantime.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Abbacabba 09-14-06, 08:47 AM	I know the section about DR in the SRD states that it does not protect against magic. SRD: Spells, spell-like abilities, and energy attacks (even nonmagical fire) ignore damage reduction. So I just want to see what happens in these situtations: Say we have a creature with DR 5/- 1. Magic Missle : 1d4+1 imagine we roll a 4 for 5 damage... 2. Longsword +1 : 1d8 + 1... say we roll an 4 for 5 damage total, does the DR negate the entire attack? Does the creature take 1 damage from the "magic" +1 damage? 3. Flaming Burst Longsword : 1d8<+1 from magic> + 1d6<fire> + <fire>burst on crit, Does the DR only negate the damage from the normal longsword 1d8? what about the "Flaming" or the posisble "Burst" on a critical? This is the way I'm running DR: 1. [SPELL] bypasses DR and creature takes 5 damage. 2. From the example above all 5 damage is covered by DR, creature takes no damage. 3. DR only helps from the physical strike from the 1d8+1, since the magic effect is [FIRE] it bypasses DR
Starman IX 09-14-06, 09:39 AM	This is the way I'm running DR: 1. [SPELL] bypasses DR and creature takes 5 damage. 2. From the example above all 5 damage is covered by DR, creature takes no damage. 3. DR only helps from the physical strike from the 1d8+1, since the magic effect is [FIRE] it bypasses DRThis is all correct, except, if the physical damage is negated completely, the fire damage does not go off
Zherog 09-14-06, 10:50 AM	That's incorrect Starman. Even if the entire damage from the sword is negated by the DR, the fire damage still happens. I'll track down a rule/FAQ quote later, if nobody else can provide it in the meantime.