So, literally on the character sheet for 3.5e there is a slot for Damage Reduction right below the hitpoints and so on.
This implies the idea that players should be able to put their DR in there and just have it work without having to do the retarded effects work around for bad design we have had to use in FGC for so long.
Yet nothing I put in there seems to have any impact on anything at all. Is this box just a useless deception?