Does the Damage reduction that a Skald grants to his allies during raging song benefit from stalwart feat if the skald uses it?
Damage Reduction (Ex): At 9th level, a skald gains damage reduction. Subtract 1 from the damage the skald takes each time he is dealt damage from a weapon or a natural attack. At 14th and 19th levels, this damage reduction increases by 1. Damage reduction can reduce damage to 0, but not below 0. Additionally, the skald grants this DR to all allies affected by his inspired rage.
Stalwart
You adopt a defensive stance that allows you to absorb and redirect hits.
Prerequisite: Diehard, Endurance, base attack bonus +4.
Benefit: While using the total defense action, fighting defensively action, or Combat Expertise, you can forgo the dodge bonus to AC you would normally gain to instead gain an equivalent amount of DR, to a maximum of DR 5/—, until the start of your next turn. This damage reduction stacks with DR you gain from class features, such as the barbarian's, but not with DR from any other source. If you are denied your Dexterity bonus to AC, you are also denied this DR.
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Pretty curious about this one.
Stalwart would increase his own DR but not his allies as he is using the feat and they are not.
I could see his allies being able to use their own stalwart feat to increase it but that may not work as it isn't their class feature granting the DR. (Although the feat doesn't say it has to be your class feature just a class feature. So it should work with any individual who has, and is using, the stalwart feat.)
Yea, I figured it would be a stretch of the rules but I was curious.
Since it said that it stacks with your DR I wasn't sure if it would transfer over when you grant it to allies or not.