apostle of peace and Rod of invulnerability. [Archive] - Wizards Community

apostle of peace and Rod of invulnerability. [Archive] - Wizards Community

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klode_me
02-25-05, 09:40 AM can an apostle of peace wield the Rod of invulnerability:
+5 natural armor.
+5 resistance bonus on saving throws.
DR. 50/magic.
Immunity to critical hits.
SR. 32.
It cost 600000GP

Can they have that as a protective item?
Arcanis the wacher
02-25-05, 01:57 PM Yes, it protects dose it not.
Wyrd Bearer
02-25-05, 05:43 PM I'd say no, as Vow of Poverty* is a requirement to be an apostle of peace and the key word you used was 'wield the rod of invulnerability.' Now, I don't know where that rod comes from, so I don't know its rules, but if an ally somehow cast the benefits of the rod on you, you could benefit from it. But I doubt even that would work as you need to be in possession of a rod to benefit from it and you cannot possess magic items.

*(Warning, this is rant territory :rant: ) Yes, I know that the description of apostle of peace states that you can wear protective magic items, however, I don't know why. The requirements for the class state that you need to have Vow of Poverty, which means that you SHOULDN'T be allowed magic items at all. I think this just comes down to the usual fact that the developers don't seem to proof-read any supplements (for proof of this, refer to shu-genja's spell list on page xx :D ) and they tend to add arbitrary requirements or change existing ones after the book leaves the author's hands (look at the requirements for the invisible blade class for this). Sorry, I mean, I know they do a hard job, but come on, some things make no sense.
klode_me
02-26-05, 02:48 AM They have the vow of nonviolence and the vow of peace, if they then have the vow of poverty, and take levels in the apostle of peace, they can´t hurt anyone, so they get access to protective item, so monsters neither should hurt them, it is a gift because you don´t hurt living creatures.(like a fochlucan lyrist which don´t take XP penality if they multiclass, and they can wield light metal armor (which grand them access to a mithral breast plate) and their levels stacks in almost all other classes they posses.)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
klode_me 02-25-05, 09:40 AM	can an apostle of peace wield the Rod of invulnerability: +5 natural armor. +5 resistance bonus on saving throws. DR. 50/magic. Immunity to critical hits. SR. 32. It cost 600000GP Can they have that as a protective item?
Arcanis the wacher 02-25-05, 01:57 PM	Yes, it protects dose it not.
Wyrd Bearer 02-25-05, 05:43 PM	I'd say no, as Vow of Poverty* is a requirement to be an apostle of peace and the key word you used was 'wield the rod of invulnerability.' Now, I don't know where that rod comes from, so I don't know its rules, but if an ally somehow cast the benefits of the rod on you, you could benefit from it. But I doubt even that would work as you need to be in possession of a rod to benefit from it and you cannot possess magic items. *(Warning, this is rant territory :rant: ) Yes, I know that the description of apostle of peace states that you can wear protective magic items, however, I don't know why. The requirements for the class state that you need to have Vow of Poverty, which means that you SHOULDN'T be allowed magic items at all. I think this just comes down to the usual fact that the developers don't seem to proof-read any supplements (for proof of this, refer to shu-genja's spell list on page xx :D ) and they tend to add arbitrary requirements or change existing ones after the book leaves the author's hands (look at the requirements for the invisible blade class for this). Sorry, I mean, I know they do a hard job, but come on, some things make no sense.
klode_me 02-26-05, 02:48 AM	They have the vow of nonviolence and the vow of peace, if they then have the vow of poverty, and take levels in the apostle of peace, they can´t hurt anyone, so they get access to protective item, so monsters neither should hurt them, it is a gift because you don´t hurt living creatures.(like a fochlucan lyrist which don´t take XP penality if they multiclass, and they can wield light metal armor (which grand them access to a mithral breast plate) and their levels stacks in almost all other classes they posses.)