Two DR Questions.

[sinedist]

1) What is the highest DR currently possible in the game while blocking?

2) Do we know what enemies can bypass DR/adamantine?

[LookingForABentoBox]

to 2) I'm pretty sure the duergar in the Black Anvil Mines quest use adamantine weapons

[Kaervas]

2) Do we know what enemies can bypass DR/adamantine?

I asked this question before except it was phrased only to include "enemies of note" (raid content or high-end quests).

The only reply I got was the Stormreaver, and that isn't very important given how hard he hits (which is not hard at all even on elite).
I have no idea if that one reply makes a conclusive "list" though.

[Asketes]

my fighter has a 42 dr/- if he is shield blocking

stalwart defender tier 3
leviks defender shield

shield mastery (will be taking it away)

in theory i could get him to 45 dr/- if i took improved shield mastery

he NEVER uses a shield anyways i sit around a 72 AC in TWF mode so....

[spartin]

should be something like:
30 titanic docent (30 sec clickie)
12 bab bonus
15 shield
3 shield mastery
3 improved shield mastery
___
63

[sinedist]

Thank you for the replies so far.

Has the community not yet compiled a list of DR/Adamantine bypassing enemies??! I dare not believe it.

[MrWizard]

For my human fighter, 20th level, I believe baring some epic stuff, your DR while blocking will be 39.

A stalwart gets 6/- (not even adamantine gets through it) just by holding a shield.

Other races, as noted above, have much higher DR aspects during all or some kind of combat.

shield blocking does not always guarantee the DR. Depends on the typeof monster, type of attack, and maybe even facing. It is hard to tell.

To make a monster manual would be easy if turbine helped, and even updated when they made changes. I do not think it is humanly possible to spend months going through all mobs and then redoing it every hotfix or update to see what they changed.

It is unfortunate, because a monster manual would be awesome. However, they also take the same monster and modify it for certain dungeons..then there are red, orange, purple nameds....oh sigh.

[Missing_Minds]

Thank you for the replies so far.

Has the community not yet compiled a list of DR/Adamantine bypassing enemies??! I dare not believe it.

Go do a hunt for Mr. Cows compendium. That would probably list it.