Damage Reduction and Touch Attacks

[Rithralas]

Specifically, the question is based on a PC with DR 10/silver versus an NPC (Incorporeal Ooze) with a touch attack called Disintegrating Touch...which does 6d6 damage, with a DC 22 Fortitude save for half.

Does the PC reduce the damage by 10 if he gets hit?

It is a touch attack.....

[Hawktitan]

In general magical energy damage is not reduced by DR so the damage in this case is not reduced.

Typically you would need energy resistance to mitigate magical damage but disintegrate is untyped (and I assume Disintegrating Touch is as well) so it should bypass most if not all damage reduction methods.

[Rithralas]

Hawktitan wrote:

In general magical energy damage is not reduced by DR so the damage in this case is not reduced.

Typically you would need energy resistance to mitigate magical damage but disintegrate is untyped (and I assume Disintegrating Touch is as well) so it should bypass most if not all damage reduction methods.

My understanding as well. But I was hopng for more clarity on the way DR is worded in the core rules. IIRC, there is a sentence tehre reading "touch attacks are not negated by DR"....or something to that effect. What is the intent? My understanding is that if you get hit with a touch attack, you don't apply DR.

[Booksy]

Damage Reduction

Quote:

Damage Reduction does not negate touch attacks, energy damage dealt along with an attack, or energy drains.

Included link for further clarification.

[Matthew Downie]

Generally, if something isn't Bludgeoning, Slashing and/or Piercing, DR doesn't work.