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#1 ArcShot Aug 30, 2015 4:19:40	I understand studded leather armor has metal components. Correct me if I'm wrong. If yes, can a rust monster damage the armor?
#2 Ath-kethin Aug 30, 2015 4:34:33	Studded leather armor is leather with some kind of studs in it. I think the studs are generally assumed to be metal, but they could be any material - that's why studded leather has been acceptable armor on the past for characters who can't wear metal. So if the studs are metal, yes, a rust monster logically would wreck the armor, but in 20+ years of playing I have never myself rules, nor been in a game under a DM who ruled that way.
#3 Lucas_Blackstone Aug 30, 2015 9:53:14	ArcShot wrote:
#4 Yunru Aug 30, 2015 10:12:12	Wood shields definitely exist, druids can start with them.
#5 Jordan175 Aug 31, 2015 0:05:44	Ath-kethin wrote:
(Reply to #5) Rya.Reisender	Jordan175 wrote:
#7 akr71 Aug 31, 2015 5:35:31	I would also think that the rust monster would only be able to destroy a few of the metal studs per attack.  The rust monster would have to have complete access over an extended period of time to completely ruin it IMO
#8 Imaculata Aug 31, 2015 23:59:29	Jordan175 wrote:
#9 Slagger_the_Chuul Sep 01, 2015 1:33:02	Imaculata wrote:
(Reply to #4) Lucas_Blackstone	Yunru wrote:
#11 Lucas_Blackstone Sep 01, 2015 1:55:40	When I google studded leather, the appropriate ( not modern style leathers ) pictures that I see show some armors that would be ruined by the metal being removed, and some that would be worse for wear but not ruined if the metal was gone. So based off that alone, I am still not swayed to the " armor destroyed " camp. In conjunction with the description provided in the PHB ( Made from tough but flexible leather, studded leather is reinforced with close-set rivets or spikes ) , I read it as the reinforcement is destroyed by the rust monster, leaving a passable ( but not nice looking ) suit of leather armor. I suppose I could be seen as being too generous to players.
#12 Yunru Sep 01, 2015 3:28:31	Nothing requires studded leather to have metal plates. For all we know it's multiple sheets of (possibly hardened) leather rivetted together.
(Reply to #7) LordTwig	akr71 wrote:
#14 RedwoodElf Sep 02, 2015 13:19:04	Rya.Reisender wrote:
#15 Omnilicious Sep 02, 2015 14:33:58	ArcShot wrote:
#16 Greenstone.Walker Sep 02, 2015 18:15:26	Yunru wrote:
#17 Slagger_the_Chuul Sep 03, 2015 2:00:20	Greenstone.Walker wrote:
#18 ArcShot Sep 04, 2015 3:47:30	Guess that ultimately I will rule a rust monster will not be able to damage an studded leather in my game. I have a group of 3 players all wearing studded leather, kind of unfortunate that I cannot make use of such interesting monster.   Omnilicious wrote:
(Reply to #18) RedwoodElf	ArcShot wrote:
(Reply to #18) Omnilicious	ArcShot wrote: