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I am wondering as to how this Barbarian power actually works. There has been little discussion on it here. So i figured I'd ask. Namely;
1). Is the Fort DC calculated WITH or WITHOUT any DR being considered?
2). Can this power be used to reduce ANY type of Hpt damage or only that from physical attacks (not spells)?
For #1 it seems that "damage dealt" is just that, since any damage stopped by DR isn't actually dealt. So 30 pts of rolled damage would mean a Fort DC of 20 to a Barbarian with DR 10/-. Then on success the actual damage would be 15 of nonlethal which is then reduced to 5 by the DR.
For #2 the ability does not appear to have any limiting text like a Rogue's Defensive Roll talent does. So it would appear to work against anything that causes Hpt damage.
Is this correct? Or am I missing something?
It mentions an attack roll, so it doesn't seem like it would work on Fireball, Magic Missile, etc. Without a spellcraft roll, you're also going to have trouble figuring out if a spell has an attack roll and deals hp damage. Since spellcraft isn't useable in rage, this seems like it has limited application vs. spells, but for different reasons.
I don't know about DR, but it seems unlikely that DR would be applied twice, so the DC is probably before DR. (Higher DC, better halving if you fail.) I have a low confidence on that, though.