Does a +1 weapon penetrate DR/Magic? Can you list a source?
Did a +1 weapon penetrate DR/Magic in 3.5? Can you list a source?
This came up in a game today and, I had a hard time taking a side.
CRB p562 has that information.
Damage reduction may be overcome by special materials, magic weapons (any weapon with a +1 or higher enhancement bonus, not counting the enhancement from masterwork quality), certain types of weapons (such as slashing or bludgeoning), and weapons imbued with an alignment.
- Gauss
3.5 DMG p291
Other kinds of damage reduction are overcome by magic weapons (any weapon with a +1 or higher enhancement bonus, not counting the enhancement from masterwork quality)
- Gauss
Yes it does. It has always been like that.
Tell them Concerro said so. :)
Just joking. <goes to find proof>
Damage Reduction
Some magic creatures have the supernatural ability to instantly heal damage from weapons or ignore blows altogether as though they were invulnerable.
The numerical part of a creature's damage reduction (or DR) is the amount of damage the creature ignores from normal attacks. Usually, a certain type of weapon can overcome this reduction (see Overcoming DR). This information is separated from the damage reduction number by a slash. For example, DR 5/magic means that a creature takes 5 less points of damage from all weapons that are not magic. If a dash follows the slash, then the damage reduction is effective against any attack that does not ignore damage reduction.....
Stop ninja'ing me. :)
Wow I missed this somehow. So any magic weapon in any way overcomes DR/Magic.
One thing to note, is that +1 weapons do not overcome ALL forms of DR. There is a table which lists exactly which enhancement modifier is needed to overcome special materials modifiers.
You ninja me often enough Concerro :D
- Gauss
Thanks guys.
Kybryn that is correct. What is even more fun is when you get into damage reduction that has AND/OR statements. Silver AND Good requires both but Silver OR Good either is sufficient.
- Gauss