I know I should know this, but what does DR 1/evil entail? a player is an asimar, and he is claiming that only evil attacks can by pass it. I thought it meant if he is attacked with an evil aligned attack it takes 1 point less damage? but all other attacks do normal damage.
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Yep, DR always lists the thing(s) that bypass it, not the things it protects against.
DR/silver (werewolves) means you need silver to bypass it, not that it only applies against silver.
DR/bludgeoning (skeletons) means you need bludgeoning to bypass it, not that it only applies against bludgeoning.
So in the same way, DR/evil means you need evil to bypass it, not that it only applies against evil.
I have another player with DR 5/non lethal does that mean that all lethal attacks do 5 less damage?
I have another player with DR 5/nonlethal does that mean that all lethal attacks do 5 less damage?
It probably means your player wrote it down wrong. I suspect it's actually something like "DR 5/— against nonlethal damage" (viz. the Undead sorcerer bloodline) which is an awkward way of saying the DR applies against everything except nonlethal damage.
Sorcerers Undead bloodline.
At 3rd level, you gain resist cold 5 and DR 5/— against nonlethal damage. At 9th level, your resistance to cold increases to 10 and your DR increases to 10/— against nonlethal damage.
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It probably means your player wrote it down wrong. I suspect it's actually something like "DR 5/— against nonlethal damage" (viz. the Undead sorcerer bloodline) which is an awkward way of saying the DR applies against everything except nonlethal damage.I have another player with DR 5/nonlethal does that mean that all lethal attacks do 5 less damage?
I think you meant to say that it's "an awkward way of saying that the DR is bypassed by everything except nonlethal damage." ;)
I think you meant to say that it's "an awkward way of saying that the DR is bypassed by everything except nonlethal damage." ;)
*bonk*
he is a level 10 unarmed fighter
Tough Guy (Ex)
At 3rd level, an unarmed fighter gains DR/— equal to half his fighter level against nonlethal damage or damage taken while he is grappled.
This ability replaces armor training 1.
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SO pretend that I am incredibly handsome but no to bright what is the difference? the "-" in the DR
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The thing directly after the "/" is the thing that bypasses the DR. If something has DR/-- (like an Iron Cobra) then nothing bypasses the DR.
The whole "DR/-- against nonlethal damage" thing is kind of weird, because it's basically saying "nothing bypasses this DR, but the DR only applies to nonlethal damage in the first place".
Which, as someone else pointed out, might have been better written as "DR/lethal".
thanks all.