Hi all
Does the 2d4 damage from holy water automatically bypass an undead monster's damage reduction eg a skeleton's?
Apologies if ths is obvious - I'm still finding my way around the rules
Many thanks in advance
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Holy water damages undead creatures and evil outsiders almost as if it were acid, although it's not acid and not subject to acid resistance. It's a form of energy damage, which ignores DR.
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Hi all
Does the 2d4 damage from holy water automatically bypass an undead monster's damage reduction eg a skeleton's?
Apologies if ths is obvious - I'm still finding my way around the rules
Many thanks in advance
DR only applies to weapon-type damage (i.e. damage which can be classified as piercing, bludgeoning or slashing).
The damage dealt by Holy Water does not belong into these categories, and, as such, is unaffected by any DR the target might possess.Plus, it is not classified as being one of the resistable energies, so any Energy Resistance will be worthless, as well.
(In fact, the only effect that reduces Holy Water damage I can name from the top of my head would be Corruption Resistance)
Many thanks! Good to hear holy water is as useful as I'd hoped.
I spent some time trying to decide from the dr section of the core rule book on this one and couldn't make up my mind - normally I find the crb quite clear but for some reason this seemed to be quite a confusing section.
Much appreciated, it's my second pfs game as gm on Sunday and I suspect this may come up :)
Really like this game!