DR and falling damage

[Derklord]

Well, this is the game where the rule on when you select a spell's target is not in the targetting section... but in the casting time section.

[kadance]

When is a matter of casting time.

[blahpers]

It's about targets. Targets are things you shoot. It should be in the firearm rules.

[gatherer818]

Sometimes I love this forum, sometimes I hate it...

My understanding of the OP's question from the official FAQ and the collected direct answers by devs previously collected on the d20PFSRD is that falling damage, as untyped damage, ignores DR, which only applies to B/P/S typed damage.

I think some handwaves involving DR not protecting you against internal injuries like your spleen bouncing around in your body might have been involved, I don't care, I put Boots of the Cat on any character I expect might have a chance of dropping more than two stories without feather fall handy. Jumping out of a crow's nest to land in melee with an enemy who expected you to take several turns climbing down is priceless.

[Val'bryn2]

Plus it allows interesting tactics. I've got an arcanist in PFS that I put a Ring of Featherfall on, just so I can use Dimensional Slide to move straight up in the air, allowing me to throw lightning bolts from directly overhead.

[Kitty Catoblepas]

gatherer818 wrote:

I think some handwaves involving DR not protecting you against internal injuries like your spleen bouncing around in your body might have been involved...

Which is odd, because DR protects against being thrown around by an Aether Kineticist via Foe Throw...