No, it doesn’t bypass hardness at all.
What bypasses hardness pathfinder?
The only way to “bypass” hardness with a weapon is for that weapon to be made of adamantine. Iron God’s early encounters the Gear Men are devastatingly difficult if your group doesn’t have a heavy hitter or a decent mage on hand.
What is force damage Pathfinder?
Force is pure magical energy focused into a damaging form. Most effects that deal force damage are spells, including magic missile and spiritual weapon.
What hardness is Gorilla Glass?
622 to 701
The company markets the material’s primary properties as its high scratch-resistance (protective coating) and its hardness (with a Vickers hardness test rating of 622 to 701), which allows the glass to be thin without being fragile. It can be recycled.
Is it possible to bypass the hardness of an object?
Yes, acid and sonic damage bypass the hardness of most objects. Despite the fact that the Hardness section quoted states “Whenever an object takes damage…”, specific trumps general and the Acid and Sonic energy type entry under the other quoted section states:
Why do acid and sonic damage bypass object hardness?
Since the “normal” way of applying damage to objects is to apply hardness, hardness will apply to sonic and acid damage. The line that says that “Acid and sonic attacks deal damage to most objects just as they do to creatures” is important too.
How does acid damage bypass object hardness in Pathfinder?
Similar to Does energy damage (particularly acid damage) bypass object hardness in Pathfinder?, but in 3.5. Particularly relevant is the following: Each object has hardness—a number that represents how well it resists damage.
Is the hardness of an object applied normally?
Hardness is a form of damage resistance like any other, and so it applied just like a creature’s damage resistance would. The question seems to be over the wording in “apply damage normally” clause.
