Iron Mind and stacking DR/-: does this work?

[SurlySeraph]

I noticed that the Iron Mind PrC from Races of Stone has a clause saying that the DR/- it grants "stacks with damage reduction of the same sort (such as that of a barbarian), but not with other types."

So apparently a War Mind 6/ Iron Mind 8 would have DR 5/-. And if this continued to stack with DR/- from other sources, you could take Armor Specialization and adamantine heavy armor to raise this to DR 10/- (when not flat-footed, psionically focused, wearing the correct heavy armor, etc.) Does this work?

As a side note, I know high DR/- really isn't that useful in practice. I'm just trying to construct a build that gets a lot of DR without magic.

[Greenish]

Roll with it, feat from Savage Species, adds DR 2/- that stacks with all DR (by some readings). You can take it several times, though it requires Toughness.

[Starbuck_II]

I noticed that the Iron Mind PrC from Races of Stone has a clause saying that the DR/- it grants "stacks with damage reduction of the same sort (such as that of a barbarian), but not with other types."

So apparently a War Mind 6/ Iron Mind 8 would have DR 5/-. And if this continued to stack with DR/- from other sources, you could take Armor Specialization and adamantine heavy armor to raise this to DR 10/- (when not flat-footed, psionically focused, wearing the correct heavy armor, etc.) Does this work?


Yes, any DR/- stacks with Iron Mind it says.

[Toptomcat]

It's debatable whether DR/-- from adamantine armor stacks with barbarian or War Mind DR, actually, but it's certainly not an overpowering rules interpretation.

[Keld Denar]

When Iron Optimization did War Mind, someone came up with this build (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9465058&postcount=100). Note that it was marked down because not all of the DR stacks, but a goodly portion of it does.

[Thurbane]

Wow, I always thought adamantine armor gave DR/adamantine...never noticed it's DR/- before. Live and learn. :smallwink:

[The Glyphstone]

Wow, I always thought adamantine armor gave DR/adamantine...never noticed it's DR/- before. Live and learn. :smallwink:

That...is interesting. Huh.