Damage Reduction = Insect Immunity?

[Tetsubo 57]

Does having damage reduction make a character immune to mundane insects? Even DR 1/- would mean a common insect can't penetrate the characters skin. This would probably have little in game effect. But taken from a realistic angle this would revolutionize health care. It would make a person immune to dozens of deadly diseases and afflictions. Not to mention make a persons life a whole lot more pleasant. Imagine never getting bitten by a mosquito or black fly again.

[Starbuck_II]

Does having damage reduction make a character immune to mundane insects? Even DR 1/- would mean a common insect can't penetrate the characters skin. This would probably have little in game effect. But taken from a realistic angle this would revolutionize health care. It would make a person immune to dozens of deadly diseases and afflictions. Not to mention make a persons life a whole lot more pleasant. Imagine never getting bitten by a mosquito or black fly again.

Well, individual insects. Swarms deal 1d6.
So DR 6 means immunity.

[KillianHawkeye]

But taken from a realistic angle this would revolutionize health care.

Sounds like you need to write a letter to Washington!

[Doc Roc]

More proof that barbarians are more civilized.

[Bayar]

Whoah ! Barbarians are immune to cats !

[Sinfire Titan]

Whoah ! Barbarians are immune to cats !

Only commoners see them as a threat. Everyone else can survive the claw damage.

[Bayar]

Only commoners see them as a threat. Everyone else can survive the claw damage.

Not when they all swarm you as you kick the door of a cottage and barge inside.

[ericgrau]

Well insects deal 0 HP of damage anyway and yet commoners aren't immune. I'd say their bites are so tiny that they still might puncture something. I mean, what about the dino blood in mosquitos on Jurassic park? Was it even more fiction b/c mosquitos can't bite tough dino skin? The DR 6 to negate swarms seems more practical for immunity to all bites.

EDIT: Dinos have plenty of natural armor but no DR. But it still holds conceptually.

[Sinfire Titan]

Well insects deal 0 HP of damage anyway and yet commoners aren't immune. I'd say their bites are so tiny that they still might puncture something. I mean, what about the dino blood in mosquitos on Jurassic park? Was it even more fiction b/c mosquitos can't bite tough dino skin? The DR 6 to negate swarms seems more practical for immunity to all bites.

EDIT: Dinos have plenty of natural armor but no DR. But it still holds conceptually.

You're using the Jurassic Park movies as a basis for realism?

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[ericgrau]

I did say "more fiction".

[Glass Mouse]

Only commoners see them as a threat.

And lvl 1 wizards.

[Melamoto]

Only commoners see them as a threat.

Cat Ruin Swarm.

Like this, except with more cats.

[Sinfire Titan]

Cat Ruin Swarm.

That isn't an average house cat, now is it?

[Bayar]

That isn't an average house cat, now is it?

They has glowing eyeses !

[Melamoto]

That isn't an average house cat, now is it?

Like this, but with cats.

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[Sinfire Titan]

Like this, but with cats.

Again, that isn't a cat, but a bunch of cats.

One cat is nothing for anyone with a decent AC/HD to be afraid of. That many cats? Maybe.

[Starbuck_II]

Wouldn't australian spider swarms be most feared?

[Melamoto]

One cat is nothing for anyone with a decent AC/HD to be afraid of.

I beg to differ. And who cares? Ruin Cat Swarms are deadly. And technically, they count as 1 creature.


Ok, it's pretty much like this.

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[Harperfan7]

Obviously, no one is taking this seriously, but since I'm retarded, I'm going to.

DR makes you immune to mundane insects, so mosquito bites don't hurt. They do, however, still give you west nile. If a guy stabs a barbarian with a poisoned dagger, but the damage is less than his DR, the poison still applies.

It would make sense that the barbarian would be immune to 1d6 swarm damage, but D&D ignores logic like zap does kip.

If you really want to be logically immune to insects, get natural armor (but D&D still doesn't care).

[ChaosDefender24]

Only the epic insects.

[Jack_Simth]

Obviously, no one is taking this seriously, but since I'm retarded, I'm going to.

DR makes you immune to mundane insects, so mosquito bites don't hurt. They do, however, still give you west nile. If a guy stabs a barbarian with a poisoned dagger, but the damage is less than his DR, the poison still applies.

It would make sense that the barbarian would be immune to 1d6 swarm damage, but D&D ignores logic like zap does kip.

If you really want to be logically immune to insects, get natural armor (but D&D still doesn't care).

I beg to differ:

Whenever damage reduction completely negates the damage from an attack, it also negates most special effects that accompany the attack, such as injury type poison, a monk’s stunning, and injury type 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.

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[Harperfan7]

I beg to differ:
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Huh. I guess barbarians just have ridiculously thick skin.

[seedjar]

Those aren't muscles; they're just decades of mosquito welts.
~Joe