Can anyone shed any light on this - if it's insignificant that's fine, but seeing it appears to be quite an important factor of the spell casting process, I don't want to be missing out a crucial part of it.
My thanks
Almost forgot, the monk class offers it as well at higher levels, as do a few PrC's.
Sometimes as deflections or magic that seems to flow around a spellresisting thing.
The caster in question must beat the targets SR with a roll do 1d20 + caster level.
Thus a 15 level caster would automatically beat any SR lower than 15, and have to roll to beat anything about 15.
-RW
It's simple.
The caster in question must beat the targets SR with a roll do 1d20 + caster level.
Thus a 15 level caster would automatically beat any SR lower than 15, and have to roll to beat anything about 15.
-RW
No no I know how to work out beating spell resistance (The DM Guide is very clear on that); what I want to know is, how do you work out if a target has Spell Resistance to beat - where does Spell Resistance come from?
Though the comments of the guys above are helpful and likely solve my problem - I just wondered if I was missing out on something crucial because of how important it seems to be in individual Spell descriptions...? Though there are whole hosts of rules you might never use in an entire campaign ;)
Should be mentioned in the stat block, though I don't recall ever seeing many, if any, mentions of what the source of the SR is.
-Indeed. Some have it naturally, some have it due to items, some have it due to magic, and so on. But, if they do, it'll be listed.
No no I know how to work out beating spell resistance (The DM Guide is very clear on that); what I want to know is, how do you work out if a target has Spell Resistance to beat - where does Spell Resistance come from?
Though the comments of the guys above are helpful and likely solve my problem - I just wondered if I was missing out on something crucial because of how important it seems to be in individual Spell descriptions...? Though there are whole hosts of rules you might never use in an entire campaign ;)
I look at spell resistance as a creature's ability to ignore the weave, for good or for bad. Magic warps reality, in some way. SR is the ability of a creature to ignore this warping, to shrug it off, ignore it.
I believe that if a wizard casts a spell at a creature with SR, he (or she) will feel the immediate war between his weave, and their resistance, and needs to mentally fight it (1d20+caster level vs SR). In the same way that a player can know whether or not his spell failed (the target saved), or not, he knows whether or not the creature is resisting his spell.
Does that work for you?
No no I know how to work out beating spell resistance (The DM Guide is very clear on that); what I want to know is, how do you work out if a target has Spell Resistance to beat - where does Spell Resistance come from?
Though the comments of the guys above are helpful and likely solve my problem - I just wondered if I was missing out on something crucial because of how important it seems to be in individual Spell descriptions...? Though there are whole hosts of rules you might never use in an entire campaign ;)
Ah, sorry, wrong impression.
But yeah, if they have it, it'll be in their stat block.
-RW
@Jhalad, no no no it's not about what spell resistance feels like when encountering it - I just wanted to know it comes from! You explain what you think it is, and working things out with spell resistance; thanks, but I wanted to know how to work it out - not how to work things out with it xD
It just seemed an oddity to me because every spell in the book states whether it applies or not, but not how to work out if a target even has spell resistance to see if you need to consider it applying or not.
Thanks for your input anyway, Red_Wizard
@Jhalad, no no no it's not about what spell resistance feels like when encountering it - I just wanted to know it comes from! You explain what you think it is, and working things out with spell resistance; thanks, but I wanted to know how to work it out - not how to work things out with it xD
It just seemed an oddity to me because every spell in the book states whether it applies or not, but not how to work out if a target even has spell resistance to see if you need to consider it applying or not.
Well, then I'm not quite sure what you are asking. I know that Spell Resistance shows up in a creatures/characters stats under Special Qualities. If it isn't listed there, then there is no SR. It's entirely up to your DM (or you, if you are the DM) as to whether or not your reveal this information to the player before he or she casts a spell.
I think someone has already covered this is a post.
Also, on average, conjuration spells are the only spells that don't get resisted by SR, on average.
And lets not forget a spell caster without the Spell Penetration feat only adds his caster level up to 10 to beat a SR (1d20 + 10 max)
Has anybody ever encountered any equipment that gives you spell resistance?
But as always, items granting it will say so in their write up.
-RW
Thanks Red_Wizard ;)
I always assumed that the Drows spell resistance came from their strenght of mind. I was thinknig about the same topic lately, too, but nothing else came to my mind.
-A byproduct of living in the Underdark, where Faerzress radiation constantly bombards them. Either the "Descent of the Drow" High magic Ritual included a resistance to this, to prevent the descent from being full-blown genocide, or it was perhaps a a blessing of Lolth, to protect her "children" from the radiation of the Faerzress.
Intrigueing. Lolths blessings seems the most likely of those options. Putting such protection in the curse is something the goodaligned elves would think of though. If the high mages had any knowledge on the dangers of faerzress that is.
-Well, being as that Faerzress' were retconned to have been created by the Elven High Magic, I'd think they'd have some inkling about them. ;)
-Either hypothesis works, though, really.
Created by high magic? That's just stupid....
-Come on. The entire situation is stupid. You think this one more detail makes to that much more? I think it semi-salvages the situation.
-A byproduct of living in the Underdark, where Faerzress radiation constantly bombards them. Either the "Descent of the Drow" High magic Ritual included a resistance to this, to prevent the descent from being full-blown genocide, or it was perhaps a a blessing of Lolth, to protect her "children" from the radiation of the Faerzress.
So why don't Duergar have SR too? There in the Underdark as much and long as the Drow, maybe even deeper?
Sort of... I tend to ignore the Faerzress for the most part though... resolving that whole 'radiation infuses the underdark and should kill you' thing in my head just doesn't usually work for me. But then, I hated that drow equipment melts in daylight thing too...
-Are you aware of the explanation of the origins of Faerzress' told in Storm of the Dead?
So why don't Duergar have SR too? There in the Underdark as much and long as the Drow, maybe even deeper?
-Which would lend creedence to the hypothesis above, as Duergar are involved nowhere in either situation (something intentional by the Selu'Taar and Lolth's blessing)
Nope, don't bother with novels 90% of the time.
-Would you like to be told about what was revealed about Faerzress', then?
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Faerzress' were created when the Elven race was casting the Descent of the Drow High Magic ritual. The ritual turned the Dark Elves into Drow, and created Faerzress'. Faerzress', asides for messing up teleportarion and divination magic, and empowering those Drowcraft magical items, act as a "magnet" for the Drow race, keeping them in the Underdark, for the most part. Think of Faerzress' as those Bug-Light things, onlyfor Drow.
hmmmmm so without Spell Resistance there is no chance a spell can miss except if you can make a save on it?
hmmmmm so without Spell Resistance there is no chance a spell can miss except if you can make a save on it?
-Depends on the spell. Some automatically hit, some don't.