Questions About DR


Rules Questions


I'm sure I simply failed to find a relevant thread, but I couldn't find an answer to these questions:

1) Does a creature with DR/magic also overcome DR/magic with its natural attacks?

2) Does this rule continue to apply with other types of DR (i.e. Slashing, Silver, Adamantine, Evil, Epic, etc)?

3) In the case of an alignment-based DR, do the creature's natural weapons overcome alignment-based DR of the alignment opposite its alignment-based DR? In other words, would a creature with DR/evil overcome DR/good with its natural weapons?

4) Are stronger DR types all inclusive in overcoming weaker DR types? In other words, a +4 weapon is needed to overcome DR/Adamantine. A +4 weapon would also overcome all the DR types that weaker Enhancement bonuses would overcome, such as Cold Iron, Silver, and Magic. Applying this to the assumption that a creature's DR is connected to its natural attacks' ability to overcome DR, would a creature with DR/evil overcome DR/magic with its natural attacks?


Here's a recent thread about it.
1 Yes
2 No
3 No, but having the Good alignment subtype would overcome DR/good.
4 No.


Thank you :)


Matthew Downie wrote:

Here's a recent thread about it.

1 Yes
2 No
3 No, but having the Good alignment subtype would overcome DR/good.
4 No.

Either I'm reading the question wrong or the thread referenced is comparing apples to oranges.

DR is a defense thing. Natural weapons are an attack thing. Having DR does not allow you to bypass another creature's DR.

A natural weapon can be made magical (e.g. with magic fang) and then it would bypass DR/magic.


Gnrrrg, there actually a rule that says creatures with DR/magic that also have natural attacks bypass DR/magic with those natural attacks, however I don't remember the location of the rule.

This is the only instance of having a type of DR allowing you to bypass some DR with your natural attacks.


Claxon wrote:

Gnrrrg, there actually a rule that says creatures with DR/magic that also have natural attacks bypass DR/magic with those natural attacks, however I don't remember the location of the rule.

Here

Quote:
Such creatures’ natural weapons (but not their attacks with weapons) are treated as magic weapons for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.


now does a creature having the evil subtype let their natural attacks bypass evil? if not how does one get evil natural attacks?


Yes.

Quote:
A creature with the evil subtype overcomes damage reduction as if its natural weapons and any weapons it wields are evil-aligned.


Damage reduction universal ability wrote:

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A creature with an alignment subtype (chaotic, evil, good, or lawful) can overcome this type of damage reduction with its natural weapons and weapons it wields as if the weapons or natural weapons had an alignment (or alignments) that matched the subtype(s) of the creature.
...

So (Evil) creatures bypass DR/evil. Notably, they bypass it even with something like a longbow.

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