Warforged and the Durable Armour Enhancement [Archive] - Wizards Community

Warforged and the Durable Armour Enhancement [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Tetsubo
02-25-07, 06:28 PM -Dungeonscape- introduces the Durable Armour enhancement. In a nutshell it makes the armour immune to rusting attacks and acid. It states that the wearer is not protected from the acid damage.

How would this effect a Warforged that added this enhancement to its composite plating?
RogueElement
02-25-07, 07:15 PM Exactly as described. The warforged would still take damage from acid, but his plating (inc armored body feats) would never rust or melt.
Bluebrush
02-25-07, 07:29 PM Well, a warforged's plating represents differences in basic structure as well, including metal within them that may be rusted.
(So even a WF with unarmoured body is vulnerable.)

So you can rule either that all the metal in them would be protected, thus making them immune to the damage, that only the outer armour is effected, reducing the damage, or that the enhancement doesn't work for living construct armour.

I'd suggest total negation of damage. If a player wants to spend the money, rusting attacks don't seem that common.
Cabral
02-26-07, 08:12 AM Both Unarmored Body and the Reforged class provide no protection from rusting damage. In fact, if no armored body feat is taken, the default composite plating does not restrict a warforged druid (no metal armor). Thus, the vulnerability comes from elsewhere.
Bluebrush
02-26-07, 11:29 AM Also, the acid enhancement shouldn't make the WF totally immune to acid, since he'd probably have other elements which aren't protected.

In general, unless the rules say differently or there's a common problem, treat WF PCs as living PCs.
Edymnion
02-26-07, 12:14 PM Basically, the bottom line is that this is a useless enchantment for a WF. You need one that grants blanket rust immunity.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Tetsubo 02-25-07, 06:28 PM	-Dungeonscape- introduces the Durable Armour enhancement. In a nutshell it makes the armour immune to rusting attacks and acid. It states that the wearer is not protected from the acid damage. How would this effect a Warforged that added this enhancement to its composite plating?
RogueElement 02-25-07, 07:15 PM	Exactly as described. The warforged would still take damage from acid, but his plating (inc armored body feats) would never rust or melt.
Bluebrush 02-25-07, 07:29 PM	Well, a warforged's plating represents differences in basic structure as well, including metal within them that may be rusted. (So even a WF with unarmoured body is vulnerable.) So you can rule either that all the metal in them would be protected, thus making them immune to the damage, that only the outer armour is effected, reducing the damage, or that the enhancement doesn't work for living construct armour. I'd suggest total negation of damage. If a player wants to spend the money, rusting attacks don't seem that common.
Cabral 02-26-07, 08:12 AM	Both Unarmored Body and the Reforged class provide no protection from rusting damage. In fact, if no armored body feat is taken, the default composite plating does not restrict a warforged druid (no metal armor). Thus, the vulnerability comes from elsewhere.
Bluebrush 02-26-07, 11:29 AM	Also, the acid enhancement shouldn't make the WF totally immune to acid, since he'd probably have other elements which aren't protected. In general, unless the rules say differently or there's a common problem, treat WF PCs as living PCs.
Edymnion 02-26-07, 12:14 PM	Basically, the bottom line is that this is a useless enchantment for a WF. You need one that grants blanket rust immunity.