keeping it short and sweet, what happens when a sorcerer with the undead bloodline (and DR 5/- against nonlethal) casts Ablative barrier (convert first 5 points of lethal damage from each attack to nonlethal)?
is it effectively DR 5/-?
Yes! Combine it with mage armor,shield and temp hp from false life and vampiric touch and quite a tanky sorcerer we have here:p
I was meddling with a Sanguine(Undead)Bloodline Sorcerer and was quite dissapointed as Defending Bone(DR5/Bludgeoning) doesnt stack with DR 5/nonlethal(mentioned at spell)but Ablative Barrier is quite awesome. Next spell lvl though Stoneskin is probably better but its 10/adamantite and 10min/lvl while Ablative Barrier is effectively DR 5/- for hours/lvl.
Good thing you pointed that spell out i was unaware of that! Thanks!
ablative is often better than stoneskin with this as it lacks the expensive material component. at least at low levels.