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Thought I would post this here as a handy reference for potential GMs of this drow-themed campaign.
As drow have spell resistance as a humanoid race, take note of the following:
A creature with spell resistance must lower their spell resistance as a standard action in order to accept a spell cast onto them. Raising the resistance again is an automatic free action at the start of the next turn. See here.
A creature casting a spell targetted on themselves is not subject to these rules. See here.
Thus, a drow spellcaster may cast spells on themselves freely. Any spellcaster casting a spell on a drow (even a drow cleric casting a healing spell) must roll against spell resistance unless the target has lower their spell resistance.
Side Note: Does this further demean the use of healing spells by drow?
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Thought I would post this here as a handy reference for potential GMs of this drow-themed campaign.
As drow have spell resistance as a humanoid race, take note of the following:
A creature with spell resistance must lower their spell resistance as a standard action in order to accept a spell cast onto them. Raising the resistance again is an automatic free action at the start of the next turn. See here.
A creature casting a spell targetted on themselves is not subject to these rules. See here.
Thus, a drow spellcaster may cast spells on themselves freely. Any spellcaster casting a spell on a drow (even a drow cleric casting a healing spell) must roll against spell resistance unless the target has lower their spell resistance.
Side Note: Does this further demean the use of healing spells by drow?
I doubt any drow would logically accept healing spells, as that would imply they needed help. You're more likely to find drow channel negative energy, and cast inflict spells spontaneously. Atop this they may only prepare one heal, for use on themselves when things go sour.
Very rarely will they help a comrade in combat beyond a flanking bonus.
There's a scene where drow clerics cast Mass CMW on each other in one of the modules. I would recommend re-picking this spell, as SR makes it very iffy. (It wasn't really a good idea anyway. These particular NPCs seem designed for ineffectiveness.)
Mary