I would say that it is not subject to DR as you aren't actually taking any more damage, you are converting damage you have already taken into a different kind of damage.OK, so guarded life just delays dropping by 1 round. It doesn't leave you at 0 though does it? I interperet a 10th level Barb with 7 hp left who is hit and after DR is taken into account there was 14 points of lethal damage left. This was sufficient to leave the barbarian at -7 HP. Does Guarded stance convert ten points of that remaining 13 points that dropped him to non-lethal- leaving him with 3hp. Or does it merely convert the -2HP to non lethal- leaving him stable at 0?
But doesn't that mean, since you have more nonlethal than hp, that you immediately fall unconcious?
Which would thus mean, rage ends. ..and you lose at least 40 hp at your stated level 20. And then you're at negative, and bleeding. . .
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But doesn't that mean, since you have more nonlethal than hp, that you immediately fall unconcious?Which would thus mean, rage ends. ..and you lose at least 40 hp at your stated level 20. And then you're at negative, and bleeding. . .
Which means the raging vitality feat is even more attractive to a barbarian than before.
Which means the raging vitality feat is even more attractive to a barbarian than before.
But doesn't that mean, since you have more nonlethal than hp, that you immediately fall unconcious?Which would thus mean, rage ends. ..and you lose at least 40 hp at your stated level 20. And then you're at negative, and bleeding. . .
Still means you'd be unconscious though. Thus, any time Guarded Life can be used, you're going to be unconscious. Raging Vitality just makes it so that you aren't bleeding and dying in the process.
Personally, I prefer the mix of Guarded Life and Diehard.
Then you just don't fall unconscious ^_^ Becomes mighty difficult to kill the barbarian then!
I found guarded life worked really well against stuff with lot of small attacks. like claw claw bite. it and raging vitality are the only reason my barbarian lasted to lvl 8
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Which means the raging vitality feat is even more attractive to a barbarian than before.
But doesn't that mean, since you have more nonlethal than hp, that you immediately fall unconcious?Which would thus mean, rage ends. ..and you lose at least 40 hp at your stated level 20. And then you're at negative, and bleeding. . .
Still means you'd be unconscious though. Thus, any time Guarded Life can be used, you're going to be unconscious. Raging Vitality just makes it so that you aren't bleeding and dying in the process.
Personally, I prefer the mix of Guarded Life and Diehard.
Then you just don't fall unconscious ^_^ Becomes mighty difficult to kill the barbarian then!
Hopefully the barbarian is with someone who'll help him out when he's unconcious. I've had the fatal cascade in one 3.5 game for my barbarian character when the BBEG did his area of effect level thing that... end result, unconscious and oh wait... dead too since I was out of raging. Yes, Diehard is needed too. Basically all three is great, the ragining vitality not only from bleeding out, but heck, another +2 to con while raging? Awesome.
It would seem to me that invulnerable rager and guarded life work well together.
When incoming damage would drop you to 0 or less hp, a portion of the incoming damage is turned into nonlethal damage. An amount of that nonlethal damage equal to your level is then negated outright by your DR.
Seems pretty clear cut to me.
I think I may just try this with greater guarded life and see what happens.