Creatures and dmg reduction [Archive] - Wizards Community

Creatures and dmg reduction [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
diegosephroth
07-22-07, 10:47 PM Being objective-

Do creatures with damage reduction /- trespass all kinds of reduction with its natural attacks?

What if they strike other creatures with the same kind of reduction? (/-)
runestar
07-22-07, 11:02 PM No.
Talisman
07-23-07, 01:26 AM Generally, a creature with DR/(magic) bypasses DR as if its attacks were magic, and often (but not always) a creature with DR/(alignment) bypasses DR as if its attacks were of the opposite alignment...i.e., celestial with DR/evil bypasses DR as if its attacks were good.

Unless otherwise specified, creatures with DR/(material) or DR/(nothing) have no special ability to penetrate DR.

I suppose you could argue that creatures with DR/-- bypass DR as if their attacks were --...which is to say, nothing...:P
Morwen
07-23-07, 10:31 PM The rules (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#damageReduction) state the following:

-A creature with DR/magic bypasses DR as if its natural weapons were magical (so it bypasses DR/magic).

-A creature with DR/epic bypasses DR as if its natural weapons were epic (so it bypasses DR/epic and DR/magic).

-A creature with an alignment subtype bypasses DR as if its natural and manufactured weapons were of that subtype (so a creature with the Evil subtype bypasses DR/evil).

No other forms of DR are bypassed in this way.
Banatine
07-24-07, 08:42 AM I think that creatures also ignore that damage reduction of other creatures of the same type as themselves. e.g. a lycanthrope would bypass the DR of other lycanthropes.
cwslyclgh
07-24-07, 04:01 PM I think that creatures also ignore that damage reduction of other creatures of the same type as themselves. e.g. a lycanthrope would bypass the DR of other lycanthropes.
not by the rules as they are written.
Morwen
07-25-07, 01:21 AM I think that creatures also ignore that damage reduction of other creatures of the same type as themselves. e.g. a lycanthrope would bypass the DR of other lycanthropes.

That is not correct.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
diegosephroth 07-22-07, 10:47 PM	Being objective- Do creatures with damage reduction /- trespass all kinds of reduction with its natural attacks? What if they strike other creatures with the same kind of reduction? (/-)
runestar 07-22-07, 11:02 PM	No.
Talisman 07-23-07, 01:26 AM	Generally, a creature with DR/(magic) bypasses DR as if its attacks were magic, and often (but not always) a creature with DR/(alignment) bypasses DR as if its attacks were of the opposite alignment...i.e., celestial with DR/evil bypasses DR as if its attacks were good. Unless otherwise specified, creatures with DR/(material) or DR/(nothing) have no special ability to penetrate DR. I suppose you could argue that creatures with DR/-- bypass DR as if their attacks were --...which is to say, nothing...:P
Morwen 07-23-07, 10:31 PM	The rules (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#damageReduction) state the following: -A creature with DR/magic bypasses DR as if its natural weapons were magical (so it bypasses DR/magic). -A creature with DR/epic bypasses DR as if its natural weapons were epic (so it bypasses DR/epic and DR/magic). -A creature with an alignment subtype bypasses DR as if its natural and manufactured weapons were of that subtype (so a creature with the Evil subtype bypasses DR/evil). No other forms of DR are bypassed in this way.
Banatine 07-24-07, 08:42 AM	I think that creatures also ignore that damage reduction of other creatures of the same type as themselves. e.g. a lycanthrope would bypass the DR of other lycanthropes.
cwslyclgh 07-24-07, 04:01 PM	I think that creatures also ignore that damage reduction of other creatures of the same type as themselves. e.g. a lycanthrope would bypass the DR of other lycanthropes. not by the rules as they are written.
Morwen 07-25-07, 01:21 AM	I think that creatures also ignore that damage reduction of other creatures of the same type as themselves. e.g. a lycanthrope would bypass the DR of other lycanthropes. That is not correct.