Weird - I have another DM that uses Photobucket for maps and I can't view the last image s/he uploads, either. On your account, I can see everything else I'm supposed to, but that most recent upload is just a gray box. I can see it in the preview below, but I can hardly use that to make an informed decision.
Y'all figure out where we are going, Edrukk will be right there with you!
Today I go in for an operation, should be out tomorrow.
All the best, Deevor.
Hi Guys, I'm back and gall bladderless .... all going well at the moment, thanks for the good wishes.
@CrispyEd... I'll see you at CrispyCon then .... not long now and I should be OK by then ... ... :)
Belated "good luck, Deevor!". Sorry, I didn't notice posts in the Discussion thread. ;P
Glad to have you back!
On that note, I am camping with the family this weekend, so my posts my be vacant until Tuesday.
To let you know, we are packing up our bicycles for few days on a rail-to-trail in Iowa. I don't know how much Internet access we will have over the next week, so please don't let Edrukk hold things up - please feel free to take actions on his behalf. Have a great Memorial Day (if you are in the States) and a great week (wherever you might find yourself)!
You do realise that now Mrs Crispy cannot return to the US, now she is our VLt. Hee hee!!
And congrats to Tonya on her appointment ... we all love her. :)
We've done several without. As long as you know where we are on your local copy, I'm fine with playing by description.
In case it's not obvious, the dwarf is thinking to get behind the follower so that he's surrounded in the alley. I don't know what sort of roll that would require for certain, but I'm find with you rolling it to move us along.
I am OK with no map.
Heading to Paizocon and Everfree Northwest tomorrow. I'll be back Monday.
It was pretty great! Glad to be back, though.
You'll want the level of magic bonus in case it's high enough to override a special DR, I think.
Edrukk's sword is merely +1 enchanted, by the way. I'll try to remember to include that in future dice descriptions.
exactly...
I was tracking damago on the foes and taking out DR, then remembered magic trumps DR.....
Yeah, depending on the enchantment. My +1 won't overcome anything but magic, of course.
Yep. If their DR is (most likely) silver, then only silver weapon damage will overcome the DR. A +3 weapon is considered cold iron/silver for overcoming DR. Energy damage is not blocked by DR.
Damage Reduction
Some magic creatures have the supernatural ability to instantly heal damage from weapons or ignore blows altogether as though they were invulnerable.
The numerical part of a creature's damage reduction (or DR) is the amount of damage the creature ignores from normal attacks. Usually, a certain type of weapon can overcome this reduction (see Overcoming DR). This information is separated from the damage reduction number by a slash. For example, DR 5/magic means that a creature takes 5 less points of damage from all weapons that are not magic. If a dash follows the slash, then the damage reduction is effective against any attack that does not ignore damage reduction.
Whenever damage reduction completely negates the damage from an attack, it also negates most special effects that accompany the attack, such as injury poison, a monk's stunning, and injury-based disease. Damage reduction does not negate touch attacks, energy damage dealt along with an attack, or energy drains. Nor does it affect poisons or diseases delivered by inhalation, ingestion, or contact.
Attacks that deal no damage because of the target's damage reduction do not disrupt spells.
Spells, spell-like abilities, and energy attacks (even nonmagical fire) ignore damage reduction.
Sometimes damage reduction represents instant healing. Sometimes it represents the creature's tough hide or body. In either case, other characters can see that conventional attacks won't work.
If a creature has damage reduction from more than one source, the two forms of damage reduction do not stack. Instead, the creature gets the benefit of the best damage reduction in a given situation.
Overcoming DR: Damage reduction may be overcome by special materials, magic weapons (any weapon with a +1 or higher enhancement bonus, not counting the enhancement from masterwork quality), certain types of weapons (such as slashing or bludgeoning), and weapons imbued with an alignment.
Ammunition fired from a projectile weapon with an enhancement bonus of +1 or higher is treated as a magic weapon for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. Similarly, ammunition fired from a projectile weapon with an alignment gains the alignment of that projectile weapon (in addition to any alignment it may already have).
Weapons with an enhancement bonus of +3 or greater can ignore some types of damage reduction, regardless of their actual material or alignment. The following table shows what type of enhancement bonus is needed to overcome some common types of damage reduction.
DR Type Weapon Enhancement Bonus Equivalent
cold iron/silver +3
adamantine* +4
alignment-based +5
* Note that this does not give the ability to ignore hardness, like an actual adamantine weapon does
I can make two punching attacks against someone who is fighting me unarmed, and does not have Improved Unarmed Strike. The second hit is an AoO.
I need to get to 6th level before I get a second attack, otherwise.
Or take the standard ugly two-weapon fighting penalties for someone without the feat, I would guess.
I thought that last time we fought them we figured out it took silver to hurt them. That is why I did not throw my dart after they shifted.
See you there! Are you going to balti?