Usually unless otherwise stated, the damage from natural attacks is non-magical.
A Dragon's natural weapons, for example, deal bludgeoning/slashing/piercing damage, and there is no mention of these bypassing resistance. As an example of partial exception, the Black Dragon bite attack deals both piercing and acid damage, so while the piercing portion of the attack damage would be affected by the resistance to piercing damage, the acid portion would not.
All the above of course is always dependent on what the DM says, as it is not unusual to consider Dragons magical creatures, and a case could be made that their natural weapons might indeed bypass resistance in your setting/group.
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No creature is magical or has magical attacks unless its rules say so.
A dragon could kill a golem by using its breath weapon and staying out of reach while it recharges, innate spellcasting, magic items (which dragons are known to hoard and use), or dropping the golem from great heights (falling isn't an attack.)
NPC dragons can come with magic spells, so its not like you can't put Alter Self or similar that makes their natural weaponry magical. Fits the shapeshifting nature of a dragon as well.
That said, if we consider the scenario of a Shapechanged land druid taking the form of a dragon attacking an iron golem, that's a point where I'd say that we don't get magical attacks. Now, a moon druid? They get magical attacks.
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so unless a weapon is magical or lanced with adamantite it doesn't affect the iron golem right?
the question is: are the claw, bite etc. attacks of for example a dragon be considered magical? Or would it do no damage to the golem.
Usually unless otherwise stated, the damage from natural attacks is non-magical.
A Dragon's natural weapons, for example, deal bludgeoning/slashing/piercing damage, and there is no mention of these bypassing resistance. As an example of partial exception, the Black Dragon bite attack deals both piercing and acid damage, so while the piercing portion of the attack damage would be affected by the resistance to piercing damage, the acid portion would not.
All the above of course is always dependent on what the DM says, as it is not unusual to consider Dragons magical creatures, and a case could be made that their natural weapons might indeed bypass resistance in your setting/group.
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No creature is magical or has magical attacks unless its rules say so.
A dragon could kill a golem by using its breath weapon and staying out of reach while it recharges, innate spellcasting, magic items (which dragons are known to hoard and use), or dropping the golem from great heights (falling isn't an attack.)
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NPC dragons can come with magic spells, so its not like you can't put Alter Self or similar that makes their natural weaponry magical. Fits the shapeshifting nature of a dragon as well.
That said, if we consider the scenario of a Shapechanged land druid taking the form of a dragon attacking an iron golem, that's a point where I'd say that we don't get magical attacks. Now, a moon druid? They get magical attacks.