No.
In the example you'd need a holy or silver weapon.
P.S. Always have some Silversheen handy.
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The only reason that I might say "possibly" is that this is sort of a corner case with the Barbed Devil. Since a +3 weapon bypasses DR/silver (and DR/cold iron) and a bane weapon is considered to have a bonus +2 higher than the weapon's base, it would, at minimum, be considered a +3 weapon. A +5 weapon (or a +3 bane weapon against an appropriate foe) over comes alignment based DR as well.
Bane: A bane weapon excels against certain foes. Against a designated foe, the weapon's enhancement bonus is +2 better than its actual bonus. It also deals an extra 2d6 points of damage against the foe. To randomly determine a weapon's designated foe, roll on the following table.
Weapons with an enhancement bonus of +3 or greater can ignore some types of damage reduction, regardless of their actual material or alignment. The following table shows what type of enhancement bonus is needed to overcome some common types of damage reduction.
Of course the extra 2d6 would help make short work of the DR anyway...
Nice catch Mauril.
So in this case it works, but ordinarily, no.
hmmmm...
I would say in that particular case yes.
Bane: A bane weapon excels against certain foes. Against a designated foe, the weapon's enhancement bonus is +2 better than its actual bonus. It also deals an extra 2d6 points of damage against the foe. To randomly determine a weapon's designated foe, roll on the following table.
since you need to have a +1 weapon to enchant it, a bane weapon is at least +3
a +3 weapon will count as silver, so it should overcome the DR.
a +1 golem bane weapon on the other hand, would not bypass the dr on an iron golum, since it would need to be +5 to be adamantite.
hmmmm...
I would say in that particular case yes.
Bane: A bane weapon excels against certain foes. Against a designated foe, the weapon's enhancement bonus is +2 better than its actual bonus. It also deals an extra 2d6 points of damage against the foe. To randomly determine a weapon's designated foe, roll on the following table.
since you need to have a +1 weapon to enchant it, a bane weapon is at least +3
a +3 weapon will count as silver, so it should overcome the DR.
a +1 golem bane weapon on the other hand, would not bypass the dr on an iron golum, since it would need to be +5 to be adamantite.
Admantine is a +4, so it would take a +2 golem bane weapon.
Alignment based DR is at +5.
Where's the chart? I was looking all over for it and couldn't find it. (not bad going from memmory though)
Where's the chart? I was looking all over for it and couldn't find it. (not bad going from memmory though)
PF phb page 561-562 under Damage Reduction.