Meatboy wrote:Nightmask wrote:Meatboy wrote:I think it'd be more accurate to state that if the creature description states that it can take minor MD attacks, even though it is an SDC creature, then it can. But the Grimbor, for example, has 1D6x100 SDC, but no note about being a minor MD creature or being able to withstand minor MD attacks. There are other creatures that are the same way in other books, but I haven't the time to find them at the moment. It could be argued that the lack of note is an oversight, which is possible, or it could mean that regardless of the amount of SDC, unless stated otherwise, MD attacks just kill them regardless of amount of damage inflicted, since they are not inherintly capable of withstanding such a powerful attack.
They don't have to paste such a notice in those SDC characters, it's already covered under the basic entries regarding SDC/HP and MDC. Just as you don't go listing under every character how fast it heals because there's already a blanket entry that says 'heals this fast unless stated otherwise'. It's already stated that if you've enough SDC to handle the equivalent SDC of a MD attack you survive it, so they don't have to waste space stating that under the Grimbor or any other creature that has lots of SDC. Otherwise you get something as ridiculous as a full-sized Zentraedi with massive amounts of SDC being killed by a point of mega-damage which simply isn't the case.
That's my point. There is no "general rule" that states that. In your example, of course it would be rediculous for a full sized Zentradi, because it states in the Zentradi RCC write-up under SDC that they can take MD attacks. So, given that there are monsters that state it explicitly and there are others that do not, and there is no rule that states implicitly that SDC beings who have 100 more SDC can withstand MD attacks, no matter how limited, but there is a rule that states that in order for SDC creatures to survive MD attacks they must have some sort of MD protection.
You're reading the text wrong if you think that, and drawing the wrong inferences from the occasions where someone reiterates what's already covered under the main entry. The rules do indeed state that if you've more SDC/HP than the equivalent value of MD as SDC/HP damage you will indeed survive (although likely in very bad shape). Your basic premise is flawed as it insists that 'because they say this on occasion elsewhere then it must not apply anywhere else' when instead you've a case of 'well it says so under the main entry but I decided to repeat it here for those who might not have paid attention'. The fact that it's sometimes repeated for emphasis doesn't remotely imply that it doesn't apply elsewhere, particularly when the basic rules directly state the same material. You're taking a case of unnecessary repeating and drawing a completely wrong conclusion from it.