In Complete Guide to Drow it is stated, that we have spell resistance of 11 + class level. I have made my character based on this book.
In Plot & Poison: Guidebook to Drow it reads 11 + character level.
In PHB it doesn´t really say anything and if I´m correct DMG doesn´t clarify a creatures spell resistance total either.
My drow is multiclassed ranger 2 / wizard 7 / cleric 1.
Yesterday we came to changing blows with the DM. I think my spell resistance is 21 and the DM thought it is only 18 (=11 + highest class level).
The latter interpretation seems idiotic for a multiclass character, does it not?
Spell resistance is a racial trait, it should not be any different for the 10th or any level character if he is multiclassed or nor. Right?
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As an aside,...I might play with a character who likes drow.
As a drow player, what encounter types did you consider a cakewalk, and what types gave you a run for your money?
Also, I'm interested in how daylight problems were handled.
Did you just take daylight adaptation, assuming you adventured outside the underdark?
As an aside,...I might play with a character who likes drow.
As a drow player, what encounter types did you consider a cakewalk, and what types gave you a run for your money?
Also, I'm interested in how daylight problems were handled.
Did you just take daylight adaptation, assuming you adventured outside the underdark?
Sure, here´s some backround on my character and the setting we game in.
The world is largely of DM´s own making with bits and pieces from other settings, but for reference consider Mystara/Hollow World. A world where Drow are an infamous race of legend, thought to be extinct for hundreds of years.
Social status is nobility (fallen), an outcast of sorts because there is no House left for him to return. My adventuring companion is his House´s former slave (a half-vampire) and we have been "on the road" for years before surfacing. We adventure in the world above, yes.
Str 16, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 19, Wis 15, Cha 5 (all thrown dice, no mods btw)... My drow is arrogant and self confident. He knows there is no one better than him, all other races are inferior. So, 98% of the time he does not even wear a hood to mask his dark elven features. He revels in people screaming and running away when confronted. He does not shy away from combat either be it spell battle or hand-to-hand, believing him to be the winner - come who may.
Quite the arrogant, sadistic bastard indeed.
Problems... well, we started at level 3 and still standing, so no major problems encountered yet =)
As stated before, Drow are a superior race!
I have the Daylight Adaption feat, and from 2 levels of ranger Combat Style: Two Weapon Fighting and Favored Enemy human.
Also Arcane Warrior and Improved AW are quite useful. It makes a nice twist in the game to have an arcane spell failure of 15%. One can´t really rely on spells to "do the trick".
From one encounter way back he managed to aquire himself a bodyguard - a shield guardian. Needless to say, his confidence/arrogance in h-t-h combat has increased since...
In Complete Guide to Drow it is stated, that we have spell resistance of 11 + class level. I have made my character based on this book.
In Plot & Poison: Guidebook to Drow it reads 11 + character level.
In PHB it doesn´t really say anything and if I´m correct DMG doesn´t clarify a creatures spell resistance total either.
My drow is multiclassed ranger 2 / wizard 7 / cleric 1.
Yesterday we came to changing blows with the DM. I think my spell resistance is 21 and the DM thought it is only 18 (=11 + highest class level).
The latter interpretation seems idiotic for a multiclass character, does it not?
Spell resistance is a racial trait, it should not be any different for the 10th or any level character if he is multiclassed or nor. Right?
Technically, you are correct. Drow spell resistance is 11 + character level. Just make sure that's character level, not ECL (HD + LA).
Of course, your DM has the final say in this; if it comes down to it, err on playing the game rather than getting into arguments over a 3 point disparity.
Just point out to him, (before/after game) that the entry on Drow in the 3.5 Monster Manual says "Spell resistance equal to 11 + class levels." As one of the core manuals, this book trumps any third party sourcebook for information on the rules as written. If he says he doesn't play with that rule, shrug and get back to having fun rather than worrying about the rules.
TK
The SRD's entry for drow elf says "Spell resistance equal to 11 + class levels" - note the levels is plural, which I would interpret as the total levels in all of your classes.