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The Armorer subclass of the Artificer has this cool Arcane Armor feature: Beginning at 3rd level, your metallurgical pursuits have led to you making armor a conduit for your magic. As an action,...
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V2Blast
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2024-04-03T03:15:36Z (8 months ago)
added DDB links; clarified title
Arcane Armor clarification
- How does the Armorer artificer's Arcane Armor feature interact with heavy armor?
The Armorer subclass of the Artificer has this cool ability relating to armor:- > Beginning at 3rd level, your metallurgical pursuits have led to you making armor a conduit for your magic. As an action, you can turn a suit of armor you are wearing into Arcane Armor, provided you have smith's tools in hand.
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- > You gain the following benefits while wearing this armor:
- >
> **If the armor normally has a Strength requirement, the arcane armor lacks> this requirement for you.** ...Now this is, for the most part, only useful to don heavy armor, such as plate armor. However, I noticed that the Artificer doesn't actually have proficiency in heavy armor - did I miss something? Is the proficiency implied or is not having this proficiency intentional?
- The [Armorer subclass of the Artificer](https://www.dndbeyond.com/classes/artificer#Armorer) has this cool [Arcane Armor](https://www.dndbeyond.com/classes/artificer#ArcaneArmor-2985531) feature:
- > Beginning at 3rd level, your metallurgical pursuits have led to you making armor a conduit for your magic. As an action, you can turn a suit of armor you are wearing into Arcane Armor, provided you have smith's tools in hand.
- >
- > You gain the following benefits while wearing this armor:
- >
- > - **If the armor normally has a Strength requirement, the arcane armor lacks
- > this requirement for you.**
- > - [...]
- Now this is, for the most part, only useful to don heavy armor, such as plate armor. However, I noticed that the Artificer doesn't actually have proficiency in heavy armor - did I miss something? Is the proficiency implied, or is not having this proficiency intentional?
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Cereal Nommer
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2021-12-16T23:56:07Z (almost 3 years ago)
Suggest removing the parenthetical additional questions as irrelevant.
Arcane Armor clarification
- The Armorer subclass of the Artificer has this cool ability relating to armor:
- > Beginning at 3rd level, your metallurgical pursuits have led to you making armor a conduit for your magic. As an action, you can turn a suit of armor you are wearing into Arcane Armor, provided you have smith's tools in hand.
- >
- > You gain the following benefits while wearing this armor:
- >
- > **If the armor normally has a Strength requirement, the arcane armor lacks
- > this requirement for you.** ...
- Now this is, for the most part, only useful to don heavy armor, such as plate armor. However, I noticed that the Artificer doesn't actually have proficiency in heavy armor - did I miss something? Is the proficiency implied or is not having this proficiency intentional?
(As an optional followup - if not having it is intentional, what is the easiest/most efficient way for an Artificer to gain proficiency in heavy armor?)
- The Armorer subclass of the Artificer has this cool ability relating to armor:
- > Beginning at 3rd level, your metallurgical pursuits have led to you making armor a conduit for your magic. As an action, you can turn a suit of armor you are wearing into Arcane Armor, provided you have smith's tools in hand.
- >
- > You gain the following benefits while wearing this armor:
- >
- > **If the armor normally has a Strength requirement, the arcane armor lacks
- > this requirement for you.** ...
- Now this is, for the most part, only useful to don heavy armor, such as plate armor. However, I noticed that the Artificer doesn't actually have proficiency in heavy armor - did I miss something? Is the proficiency implied or is not having this proficiency intentional?
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Quintec
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2021-09-22T14:09:05Z (about 3 years ago)
Arcane Armor clarification
The Armorer subclass of the Artificer has this cool ability relating to armor: > Beginning at 3rd level, your metallurgical pursuits have led to you making armor a conduit for your magic. As an action, you can turn a suit of armor you are wearing into Arcane Armor, provided you have smith's tools in hand. > > You gain the following benefits while wearing this armor: > > **If the armor normally has a Strength requirement, the arcane armor lacks > this requirement for you.** ... Now this is, for the most part, only useful to don heavy armor, such as plate armor. However, I noticed that the Artificer doesn't actually have proficiency in heavy armor - did I miss something? Is the proficiency implied or is not having this proficiency intentional? (As an optional followup - if not having it is intentional, what is the easiest/most efficient way for an Artificer to gain proficiency in heavy armor?)