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schbob 03-27-04, 10:40 AM	1st a direct quote to understand the situation, page 118 ------------------------------ Damage reduction functions normally, reducing damage dealt by attacks. However, any critical hit automatically overcomes a creature's damage reduction, reguardless of whether the attack could normally do so. For example, a critical hit against a skeleton (DR 5/bludgeoning) overcomes the creature's damage reduction even if it was hit with a weapon that does not deal bludgeoning damage. ------------------------------ My question is this, I understand that if the weapon normally wouldn't go threw a creatures damage reduction, if it crits it does. But what about damage reduction that doesn't have a type. IE. a barbarian with damage reduction 1/- Considering that no weapon type would be able to go threw this damage reduction, other than a magical force effect which is not a weapon type (ie. piercing, bludgeoning, slashing, silver, cold iron etc etc). The /- to me means there is no weapon type that will go threw it. So in my interpretation, something with damage reduction of whatever # and /- after it, even on a crit, damage reduction would still come into effect because there is no weapon type. Anyone support my interpretation, or want to contradict me please do. I want to be fair to the other players since there were mixed interpretations from them and get more input from others of a more neutral party (~ these boards ~).
MattMart 03-27-04, 03:04 PM	DR is allways overridden on a crit...Barbarian or no...
Masterful_Norg 03-27-04, 03:13 PM	I thought skeletons, undead as they are, are immune to crits and have no vitality points; therefore, the example given is a bad one. However, I could be wrong if they mean to suggest that critical hits now bypass undead dammage reduction in this way without coming out and stating it directly.