Animated Objects and Hardness

[Mynameisjake]

Since animated objects have a hardness rating instead of DR, does that mean that normal damage is halved before applying the deduction for hardness, as it is for normal objects?

[Karui Kage]

Where does it say that normal damage is halved? Some effects like energy damage and such are halved first, but plain weapon damage is fine. You just take the weapon damage, subtract the hardness, and move along. :)

[Mynameisjake]

Okay, let me rephrase that. Since animated objects have a hardness rating instead of DR, does that mean that energy damage is halved before applying the deduction for hardness, as it is for normal objects?

[Karui Kage]

I would say so, yes.

[Skjald]

The rules are not very clear on this.

Is anything with hardness considered an object for the purpose of bypassing hardness?

"Immunities: Objects are immune to nonlethal damage and to critical hits. Even animated objects, which are otherwise considered creatures, have these immunities."

This seems to indicate that creatures with hardness are not normally considered object, in which case there seems to be no reason to half energy damage?

In my opinion a section should be added in the universal monster rules to cover hardness for creatures.