Reduce Question

[Kyramus]

Targetting someone's armor and reduced by 50% while he is wearing it.

How would you treat the now shrunk armor?
Does it give less protection?
Etc etc.

I would probably rule it as an entangle without it being anchored, but I'd like to get feedback from other people.

From the SRD:
Entangled
An entangled creature suffers a -2 penalty to attack rolls and a -4 penalty to effective Dexterity. If the bonds are anchored to an immobile object, the entangled character cannot move. Otherwise, he can move at half speed, but can't run or charge. An entangled character who attempts to cast a spell must make a Concentration check (DC usually 15) or lose the spell.

 

[kreynolds]

Targetting someone's armor and reduced by 50% while he is wearing it.

How would you treat the now shrunk armor?

I would treat it as magical armor and have it resize to fit it's wearer, like usual.

 

[Kyramus]

assume that the target is an emeny and the armor is not magical.

Resizing it to the reduced size with the target being assumed medium sized.

constriction damage?

 

[kreynolds]

assume that the target is an emeny and the armor is not magical.

Resizing it to the reduced size with the target being assumed medium sized.

constriction damage?

Possibly, but I doubt it. AFAIK, generally, if something is restricted or constrained from decreasing or increasing in size, it doesn't happen.

 

[AGGEMAM]

The reduce spell does not change anything size category at all.

 

[Crothian]

Well, enlarging a door will not cause it to destroy anything, so I don't think reducing an item would have it cause any damage either.

 

[kreynolds]

The reduce spell does not change anything size category at all.

Full-Plate doesn't really have to shrink a full category for it not to fit anymore. It's kinda form fitting already.

 

[kreynolds]

Well, enlarging a door will not cause it to destroy anything...

Good point. Forgot about that little disclaimer.

 

[AGGEMAM]

Full-Plate doesn't really have to shrink a full category for it not to fit anymore. It's kinda form fitting already.

In RL, sure ... but not in D&D rules, right ?

 

[kreynolds]

In RL, sure ... but not in D&D rules, right ?

Page 105 of the PH...

Each suit of full plate must be individually fitted to its owner by a master armorsmith, although a captured suit can be resized to fit a new owner at a cost of 200 to 800 (2d4 x 100) gold pieces.