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What abilities and items grant damage reduction (DR)?
« on: August 04, 2010, 12:40:44 AM »
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Adamantine armor and shields

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Stone body (Spell Compendium)

Stoneskin: DR 10/Adamantine - absorbs 10 damage/CL, max 150 damage
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Re: What abilities and items grant damage reduction (DR)?
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2010, 07:20:09 AM »
Do template abilities count? Cause then you have mineral warrior, feral (or is that just fast healing?), etc.

AFB, but I think there's a dwarven armor that grants DR 2/adamantine, will look for it later.

Only other thing I can think of off the top of my head is Roll With It, the feat.

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Re: What abilities and items grant damage reduction (DR)?
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2010, 07:53:01 AM »
Barbarian(DR /- for all, double value/adamantine for Goliaths), all (prestige)classes that transform you into an outsider give Dr 5-10/magic.
Alternate Class Feature for Favored Souls of Bahamut(or Tiamat) gives DR /epic, but comes late(IIRC 17ish level).
Warlock & some fey-themed PrC gain DR /cold iron, Lycanthropes & Shifters(can) get DR /silver.

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Re: What abilities and items grant damage reduction (DR)?
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2010, 10:36:05 AM »
PrC:  Dwarven Defender (DMG)

Feat:  Armor Specialization (PHB2, I think by RAW this doesn't stack with Adamantine, but I think it would be a reasonable house rule to allow them to stack)

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Adamantine armor and shields
Adamantine shields do not provide DR... only Adamantine Armor does.

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Re: What abilities and items grant damage reduction (DR)?
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2010, 11:10:59 AM »
Iron Body gives DR as well.
Warforged can get DR through the Adamantine Body and, IIRC, Ironwood Body feats.
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Re: What abilities and items grant damage reduction (DR)?
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2010, 01:01:35 PM »
Shirt of the X (MIC) gives DR3/whatever (what DR is given is dependant on the shirt).  Examples are Shirt of the Moon (DR3/silver), Shirt of the Treant (DR3/slashing, and Shirt of the Inevitable (DR3/chaotic)

Axe/Spear/Hammerblock armor properties give DR5 against one damage type (Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing) (it's overcome by the other two types).  Really not worth a +2 bonus, though.

Marshall's Hardy Troops aura gives DRX/- where X is the Major Aura bonus.

The Toughness Draconic Aura gives DRX/Magic where X is the bonus.
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Re: What abilities and items grant damage reduction (DR)?
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2010, 06:42:08 PM »
Feat: Roll With It (Savage Species), grants DR 2/-.

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Re: What abilities and items grant damage reduction (DR)?
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2010, 06:54:36 PM »
Off the very top of my head:

Lots of capstone abilities. Favored Souls at least get one that isn't DR/magic.

Also: Barbarian and lots of PrCs(Pious Templar is one) DR/-

Warlock, Eldritch Theurge and the Fey Skin feat DR/cold iron

Biofeedback psionic power DR/-

Toughening Transmutation in Complete Mage +5 existing DR (except Epic and maybe /-).
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Re: What abilities and items grant damage reduction (DR)?
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2010, 07:15:32 PM »
Ironsoul Forgemaster grants DR/- based on essentia invested in armor, stacks with adamantine armor.
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Re: What abilities and items grant damage reduction (DR)?
« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2010, 10:43:39 PM »
Feat: Roll With It (Savage Species), grants DR 2/-.
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Re: What abilities and items grant damage reduction (DR)?
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2010, 01:48:11 AM »
Feat improved damage reduction , increases damage reduction you ALREADY have by  +2/X where X is the type you have be it silver "dash" magic admant etc.

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Re: What abilities and items grant damage reduction (DR)?
« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2010, 04:03:40 AM »
Feat improved damage reduction , increases damage reduction you ALREADY have by  +2/X where X is the type you have be it silver "dash" magic admant etc.

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Re: What abilities and items grant damage reduction (DR)?
« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2010, 01:14:37 PM »
Binders have several means of gaining damage reduction.
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