Does magic resistance keep out enchanted items?
Magic resistance definitely keeps out the effects of enchanted items – the spell-like powers that the items can create. It is less clear whether magic resistance categorically keeps out enchanted items themselves (as opposed to their effects). For example, say a wizard has an enchanted staff that can cast a handful of spells. He wants to simply bonk a recalcitrant faerie with the staff without using any of the staff’s powers. Can the faerie resist? On one hand, magic resistance keeps out magical things. The staff is magical in some way, since it can produce magical effects. On a simple level, it seems that it would be resisted. If enchanted items are not kept out, then it seems there may be some kind of evil loophole left open – for example, one could trick a magus into swallowing a small enchanted item, and then activate it from a distance, possibly bypassing the victim’s magic resistance. The rules do say that enchanting an item is a type of ritual magic (p. 96). It seems that the ru
