damage reduction help [Archive] - Wizards Community

damage reduction help [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
tomerbr1
09-25-07, 06:22 AM Hello,
About 2 month ago I asked a question about DR.
I still don't understand something, as it was I got an answer that said that magic and energy damage always overcome damage reduction
If that is so then what is the different between DR/- which mean that nothing overcome DR (but magic always does) and DR/magic?
Fatalis_902
09-25-07, 06:28 AM The difference is that DR/- is not overcome by any weapon of any kind. Ever. At all. DR/Magic, on the other hand is overcome by any weapon with a +1 enhancement bonus or better. The "Magic always beats DR" thing you mentioned is for spells, not weapons.
tomerbr1
09-25-07, 08:30 AM First of all thanks,
If what you say is correct then why are they DR that posts as DR/+1 for example. Isn't it the same as DR/magic?
Relanir
09-25-07, 08:52 AM First of all thanks,
If what you say is correct then why are they DR that posts as DR/+1 for example. Isn't it the same as DR/magic?

That's because whatever you are looking at is from a 3.0 book. In 3.0, DR was overcome based on how magical a weapon was, instead of being negated by special materials.
Archangel_James
09-25-07, 12:37 PM That's right. DR/+1, DR/+2, etc all became DR/Magic in the 3.5 conversion.
StevenO
09-25-07, 07:29 PM DR/+1 is 3.0 and almost always converts to DR/magic. Some of the higher DRs like DR/+4 have converted into multiple things such as DR/Good and Silver which makes them harder to overcome but the actual DR amount is usually less than it was in 3.0.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
tomerbr1 09-25-07, 06:22 AM	Hello, About 2 month ago I asked a question about DR. I still don't understand something, as it was I got an answer that said that magic and energy damage always overcome damage reduction If that is so then what is the different between DR/- which mean that nothing overcome DR (but magic always does) and DR/magic?
Fatalis_902 09-25-07, 06:28 AM	The difference is that DR/- is not overcome by any weapon of any kind. Ever. At all. DR/Magic, on the other hand is overcome by any weapon with a +1 enhancement bonus or better. The "Magic always beats DR" thing you mentioned is for spells, not weapons.
tomerbr1 09-25-07, 08:30 AM	First of all thanks, If what you say is correct then why are they DR that posts as DR/+1 for example. Isn't it the same as DR/magic?
Relanir 09-25-07, 08:52 AM	First of all thanks, If what you say is correct then why are they DR that posts as DR/+1 for example. Isn't it the same as DR/magic? That's because whatever you are looking at is from a 3.0 book. In 3.0, DR was overcome based on how magical a weapon was, instead of being negated by special materials.
Archangel_James 09-25-07, 12:37 PM	That's right. DR/+1, DR/+2, etc all became DR/Magic in the 3.5 conversion.
StevenO 09-25-07, 07:29 PM	DR/+1 is 3.0 and almost always converts to DR/magic. Some of the higher DRs like DR/+4 have converted into multiple things such as DR/Good and Silver which makes them harder to overcome but the actual DR amount is usually less than it was in 3.0.