Damage Reduction Stack question

[gcjohnson]

Just a quick question re: Stone/Iron bones damage reduction and the Dwarven Defender Damage reduction. Just wondering if they stack or if the higher overrides the lower?
I.e. if i have a dwarf with Iron Bones (DR 4/-) who gets to level 10 as a Dwarven Defender (DR 6/-) is his DR 10/- or just DR 6/-?
Thanks

[Diarden]

I was wondering this as well... would be mean to have the three epic tiered DR's with the DD's +6... thats +19 DR

[Kaeldorn]

Higher overrides lower, NWN2 doesn't allow damage reductions to stack.

[gcjohnson]

Thanks

[vexxen]

what about the damage reduction you get with the fey skin feat? says it stacks with similar DR types... unless im fully mistaken, which i hope isnt the case

[Kaeldorn]

Fey skin is a different kind of damage reduction, you can only use cold iron to penetrate it. So, it might work alongside standard damage reduction. I am not exactly sure, though.

It could also mean that it can be used alongside 3/+1 from another source, so that the character's damage reduction of 3/ can only be overcome by a +1 cold iron weapon or better, but that it doesn't add up the actual value. I know that one to be true for sure.

[Zoberraz]

Well, apparently, it's supposed to stack with a Warlock's class-granted DR.

[Azulfae]

I was wondering about DR from armour, like Adamantine armours, stacking with a characters natural DR ie. Barbarian DR or Dwarven Defender DR etc.

[Phantom Lamb]

Generally speaking, armor and feats don't stack for DR.

[GodBeastX]

I think only Fey/Fiendish feats stack, everything else doesn't. The DR's, however, do require all of them to be penetrated for full damage, so if you have 10/DR vs Cold Iron, and 10/DR vs Silver, chances are you're as good as having 10/DR vs all.

[Fezzik]

Generally speaking, armor and feats don't stack for DR.

Spells, feats and armour don't stack. I've had stone skin and stone body on wearing adamantine full plate and only had a damage reduction of 10, not 13, and certainly not 20.

Same can be said for the fey resistance, it doesn't stack with spells, if you have ghostly visage on and 3 fey feats with the fey DR included, you still only get 5 from the spell, not 8 (5 then 3).

General rule of thumb therefore seems to be, don't bother with feats AND spells AND armour, only one of them is going to work at a time, and that will be the highest DR.

[Azulfae]

So there is no point wasting a lot of time and money on adamantine armour for its -2/DR if you have barbarian levels that give you -2/DR since you will only have -2/DR total.

Adamantine armour on someone that tough means nothing effectively. Iron does the same job?!

[Thief Of Navarre]

Yeah I think so. So your tough as shite barbarian might as well be wearing hide and he will still be soaking the same punishment if he gets hit

[Darkfangs]

I think only Fey/Fiendish feats stack, everything else doesn't. The DR's, however, do require all of them to be penetrated for full damage, so if you have 10/DR vs Cold Iron, and 10/DR vs Silver, chances are you're as good as having 10/DR vs all.

So there's no reason for my dwarf to take his racial feats (Iron Bones and Steel bones) and take his racial PRC (Dwarven Defender)? If that's the case what is the interaction between the Greater Resiliency feat (+1 to existing DR) and the dwarven racial feats or DD DR?

[gbbishop]

i see rion bones as a way for dwarves to get hold of some of there fabled toughassedness.
not a means to become invincible. yes there IS no incentive for you to take both iron bones and DD. less you want the DR right away. but it will be surpases in time by the class abilities. that is your choice. IN pnp DR NEVER stacks.. the fey skin seems to be a break from this rule. and seems to work with warlocks who don't really get that much dr from there class anyway. anyway this only applies for like 1% of the server who can even play warlocks.