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[GreatWyrmGold]

So I assume instead of letting the person with telekinesis try it you just wanted to get pricked yourself.

Frankly, I don't care. If the needle can't deal 7 damage, it can't do anything to me.
And we're past that.

I was preoccupied at the time. Also, Most DR is from instantly healing the wound, not just blocking things from getting through.

Not all. In fact, I'd imagine that most DR is from simply being too tough to be hurt. Certainly, the DR granted by dragon scales is.

[Rolepgeek]

I'm thinking stuff like the DR from Warlock or Barbarian.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I'm thinking stuff like the DR from Warlock or Barbarian.

The barbarian's is definitely pure toughness. Barbarians don't do magic.

[Darvi]

I think it's less toughness and more just plain ignoring the wounds.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I think it's less toughness and more just plain ignoring the wounds.

I suspect toughness. How much is pain resistance/ignorance going to help you not die?

[Darvi]

More than you think.

[Doomblade187]

More than you think.

Why. WHY?! WHY A TVTROPES LINK!?

To be fair, I saw what it was, and then clicked it anyway. And then found a ridiculous-sounding movie.

[Darvi]

[germaina]

I guess this is what I get for using a seldom used class...

[GreatWyrmGold]

More than you think.

That's hardly realistic, and anyways I have evidence supporting my side.

PHB, pg. 26:
"At 7th level, a barbarian gains the ability to shrug off some amount of injury from each blow or attack."

In my dictionary, "injury" implies actually damaging something, say tearing open one's arm or chopping off a foot. It does not cover the kind of thing you can ignore to make it go away, like pain or an imaginary rival.

I guess this is what I get for using a seldom used class...

Why do you say that?

[Darvi]

to act as if something is unimportant or not a problem

So yeah. While it could be that the barbarian gets literally tougher skin, I find this interpretation more likely.

[germaina]

Think I'll have to do a few links about what I do to ensure it doesn't confuse everybody.  The class is awesome, but has a lot of weird mechanics.  I have to keep looking things up to make sure I use them right.

And Autohypnosis allows you to ignore the pain from the injury...  Damage resistance is the difficulty for an object to inflict damage.  For a barbarian, it could be that he gets so strong his muscles actually hinder the weapons from dealing damage.  At least, that's how I always looked at it.

[Rolepgeek]

It could also simply be a cut, GWG.

On another note, GERMAINA STOP GETTING HIT BY TRAPS

[germaina]

Better me than you.

[Rolepgeek]

I wouldn't BE hit by them.