Multiple DR settings

I need to be able to create multiple DR settings, so for example DR of 2 versus slashing attacks, but a DR of 4 versus fire attacks. Currently you can only enter one value, i.e. DR 2 versus all the chosen types, or DR 4 versus all the chosen types, but not DR 2 versus one type and DR 4 versus another type. Thanks!

 

I'm sorry, fire was a bad example. That would fall under ER, but that's not what I need. Here's what I want specifically.

DR 2 versus bludgeon attacks
DR 4 versus pierce attacks
DR 6 versus slashing attacks

I need these to all be active at the same time. So depending on the type of attack, you have a different DR value. Right now I can set a single DR value that applies to multiple types, but what I need is multiple values that each apply to a different type. Does that make sense?

 

I don't anticipate having attacks that do multiple types of damage, so I wasn't even thinking along those lines. For my game, the attacks would be either slashing, piercing, or bludgeoning, but never a mix. In my game, armor acts as damage reduction rather than adding to your AC. It reduces damage by a different amount depending on the attack type of the opposing weapon. So you'd only have a single attack type, which would be reduced by a certain amount based on the DR value of the particular armor against that attack type.

Having said that, I suppose multiple attack types could come up perhaps with some exotic or high-level creatures that I haven't come up against yet. Or from magic weapons. In that case I would probably want to apply only the lowest DR, assuming that the attacker knows to use the best type of attack against the given armor.

So here's what I think would happen in your scenarios. We're saying each attack does 15 damage.

DR 2 versus bludgeon attacks
DR 4 versus pierce attacks
DR 6 versus slashing attacks

Slashing: 9
Bludgeoning: 13
Piercing: 11
Slashing and bludgeoning: 13
Slashing, piercing and bludgeoning: 13
Bludgeoning and piercing: 13
Piercing and slashing: 11
No type: 15
Force: 15
Fire: 15

 

Thinking a bit more about this, I'm not sure it really matters. How the various attack types and DR types interact would probably be a Judge decision anyway. As long as d20pro presents the attack type(s) and all the available DR types during damage calculation, and allows the Judge to modify it as necessary, it would work fine. And it would be basically consistent with how d20pro currently functions anyway. The Judge always has the ability to approve or change DR effects during damage calculation.

 

It's for a d20 gaming supplement called Codex Martialis I would like to use. I have been posting about it in the "Other Systems" subforum. Yes, different attack types are possible with a single weapon, but not generally at the same time. Sure, there are some weapons that do both simultaneously, like spiked maces, but they are the exception rather the rule in my opinion. In any case, with the rules I'm trying to use, you choose which attack type you're making at the time of the attack. This system has chosen to gloss over details like spiked maces doing both piercing and bludgeoning damage in the same attack, in favor of focusing on slightly higher strategic choices, like whether to attempt a piercing attack to punch through heavy armor, or a bludgeoning attack to attempt a knockout blow. It's a similar story with animals. Sure claws can slash and pierce, but piercing is generally secondary to the slashing damage—at least for large cats; it might be different for an owl for example. You would choose one or the other depending on the animal and what it was trying to accomplish with a given attack.

 

Leathermartini, that was my initial thought anyway. Just apply the highest DR and ignore the others. But in any case, it's probably best for d20pro to remain flexible. Perhaps the highest DR could be applied as a default, but the Judge should always be presented with all the possible DR values and choose which ones to apply for a given attack. That way it removes the current single-DR limitation and stays flexible and open to other systems/interpretations.

 

Yeah, I actually keep forgetting the attack type is an exception. It's so counterintuitive to me, I just can't remember it. Good luck with that test—d20pro won't do it right now, that's what I'm requesting.

 

"DR 5/good and 2/cold iron"

That makes absolutely no logical sense whatsoever. They can't both be true.

 

Ah! So that's how it works. I could not make sense of it. Thanks for that.