Here's probably an easy question for most of you.
Last session questions came up on DR and alignment. What bypasses alignment DR?
If you take DR 5/evil for example. Does any evil creature bypass the DR? Is it only their natural attacks or does the evil guy's plain longsword bypass the DR?
Thanks
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Here's probably an easy question for most of you.
Last session questions came up on DR and alignment. What bypasses alignment DR?
If you take DR 5/evil for example. Does any evil creature bypass the DR? Is it only their natural attacks or does the evil guy's plain longsword bypass the DR?
Thanks
It's not their alignment, it's their subtype. Unless they have [Evil], i.e. are most likely a fiendish outsider, it doesn't count. And, unless they have a property that says otherwise (again, as most evil outsiders have) manufactured weapons do not overcome alignment DR (Unless they're +5 enchantment bonus, or unholy, etc).
What bypasses alignment DR?
If you take DR 5/evil for example. Does any evil creature bypass the DR? Is it only their natural attacks or does the evil guy's plain longsword bypass the DR?
Damage Reduction (Ex or Su): Some monsters are vulnerable to good-, evil-, chaotically, or lawfully aligned weapons. When a cleric casts align weapon, affected weapons might gain one or more of these properties, and certain magic weapons have these properties as well. A creature with an alignment subtype (chaotic, evil, good, or lawful) can overcome this type of damage reduction with its natural weapons and weapons it wields as if the weapons or natural weapons had an alignment (or alignments) that matched the subtype(s) of the creature.
A creature with the evil subtype can bypass DR/evil.
A normal creature wielding a shortsword does not bypass DR/evil unless the shortsword is aligned, either by the Unholy weapon enchantment, or a similar spell or ability, or a +5 enhancement bonus.
DR/magic works differently, which is confusing. A creature with DR/magic can bypass DR/magic with it's natural attacks (but not with non-magical weapons).
Awesome guys. Thanks!!