Delver destroying gear...

[Wraithdrit]

From the SRD on Delvers:

"An opponent’s armor and clothing dissolve and become useless immediately unless the wearer succeeds on a DC 22 Reflex save."

What is 'clothing'? Does it include magic boots worn? Bracers? Gloves? Or just torso worn clothes (like shirts and tunics and vests). Magic belts?

Hit my party with a delver, it nailed the monk and we ruled clothing as items worn as clothing, and thus he lost a pair of gloves of dex +2, bracers of armor +4, a cloak of resistance, and a monk's belt. I told him not to roll on the slippers of spiderclimb, since the hit was in his upper area.

The more I am thinking about it, the more I think this was overly punitive. Admitedly, he failed a save, then proceeded to fail four item saves in a row, but still. Seems a bit harsh that one attack could destroy about anything worn.

Thoughts please.

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

IIRC, (but it probably doesn't apply for the monk), you take the best save bonus (character or item) for magic items.

I'm assuming a 9th level monk (delver is CR 9), with a reflex save of about +9 to +11... So he probably had a little bit more than 50% chance of losing each item. If he lost all four, then he was miserably unlucky, but hey, life isn't fair.

AR

 

[Wraithdrit]

But the point is not the save, but what items actually need to take a save.

 

[Trellian]

But the point is not the save, but what items actually need to take a save.

I'd rule it that one item has to roll a save for each hit. I don't know if it's realistic, but it's fair. If I had robbed one of my characters for 4 magical items at once, he'd definetely made a new one..

 

[Eccles]

I think you're catching up with my lot, but we just had the exact same encounter.

I took the cleric's fill plate +3 in the first attack, allowing him to add the +3 to his Ref save. But he kept his Gauntlets, cloak, etc.

In hindsight, I should've made him take a second save when he was hit with the next attack, but I felt sorry for the guy...