Falling and DR

[SuperUberGeek]

Someone in my group was saying that falling negates DR. I was looking at the core rules and I could not find anything saying it does. Can anybody tell me if this is true and provide a citation if it is. I have a sneaky feeling that its going to come up for my invulnerable rager Barb with 10 DEX.

[Mark Thomas 66]

DR/- or DR/BLUDGEONING makes sense all others wouldn't really apply

[InsaneMuadib]

Personally I couldn't find anything in looking either, and I have never heard of any such oddities, but personally I agree with person above except only Dr/Bludgeoning would makes sense.

[David Thomassen]

Dr/Bludgeoning - would mean that the bludgeoning attack from the ground gets through, so all other types of DR good, Dr/Bludgeoning bad.

[Wolverstone]

How about this:

"At 7th level, a barbarian gains damage reduction. Subtract 1 from the damage the barbarian takes each time she is dealt damage from a weapon or a natural attack." - From Pathfinder SRD, Barbarian Damage Reduction section, emphasis mine.

So I would say that DR wouldn't apply to falling damage.

Though I could see how a GM would think that's silly and allow it to apply anyway.

[InsaneMuadib]

Wolverstone wrote:

How about this:

"At 7th level, a barbarian gains damage reduction. Subtract 1 from the damage the barbarian takes each time she is dealt damage from a weapon or a natural attack." - From Pathfinder SRD, Barbarian Damage Reduction section, emphasis mine.

So I would say that DR wouldn't apply to falling damage.

Though I could see how a GM would think that's silly and allow it to apply anyway.

Well Wolverstone this may seem silly, I believe the ground might count as a natural attack (in my opinion not according to RAW). The only thing that negates my thinking is that according to RAW falling damage is not mentioned as a "attack" it is just they take x damage for x distance and a natural attack is "attacks made with natural weapons".

[Fozbek]

DR only reduces damage from attacks. Falling damage is not damage from an attack (no attack roll is ever made). Ergo, DR does not reduce falling damage.

[InsaneMuadib]

Fozbek wrote:

DR only reduces damage from attacks. Falling damage is not damage from an attack (no attack roll is ever made). Ergo, DR does not reduce falling damage.

I do have to point out Fozbek that RAW says under Glossary; Damage Reduction:

"Creatures that are resistant to harm typically have damage reduction. This amount is subtracted from any damage dealt to them from a physical source."

The generality of "source" allows it to apply to any damage not just attacks. However there are other areas in RAW that do contradict this (such as DR in definition in the Beastiary) so I suppose it's a opinion matter.

Sorry I didn't go into RAW to pull this up earlier, could have saved us some time.

[SuperUberGeek]

Thanks everybody.