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<blockquote data-quote="RealAlHazred" data-source="post: 6749780" data-attributes="member: 25818">Originally posted by Tempest_Stormwind:Done. Thanks for the feedback, by the way. I didn't use an ablative / modular thing with the augments because of 5e precedent. Look at Stoneskin, which<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/stoneskin.htm" target="_blank"> used to</a> behave like this, where you'd track how much damage it absorbed. Now, it's simply resistance. (And, by the way, compare Armor Augmentation to it, and note the levels they appear. That's why I wasn't sure about the duration increase.) Temporary HP is also a generic solution that works in every case, while the artificer's always been more about picking a less-generic, more specific, perfect magical tool for the job - that's why it uses a type choice on the resists. (I can definitely buy the idea of augmenting team gear out of the magitechnician though.) There's precedent for the type of thing you mention, but it's the Armor of Agathys spell - which is actually where I was going to look in the first place for design structure on better augments.  &quot;assigned energy damage&quot;? Isn't that what it already does? And how do these arguments change once infusions are taken into account? Especially because they can already be used on allies' gear?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RealAlHazred, post: 6749780, member: 25818"] [b]Originally posted by Tempest_Stormwind:[/b] Done. Thanks for the feedback, by the way. I didn't use an ablative / modular thing with the augments because of 5e precedent. Look at Stoneskin, which[URL=http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/stoneskin.htm] used to[/URL] behave like this, where you'd track how much damage it absorbed. Now, it's simply resistance. (And, by the way, compare Armor Augmentation to it, and note the levels they appear. That's why I wasn't sure about the duration increase.) Temporary HP is also a generic solution that works in every case, while the artificer's always been more about picking a less-generic, more specific, perfect magical tool for the job - that's why it uses a type choice on the resists. (I can definitely buy the idea of augmenting team gear out of the magitechnician though.) There's precedent for the type of thing you mention, but it's the Armor of Agathys spell - which is actually where I was going to look in the first place for design structure on better augments. "assigned energy damage"? Isn't that what it already does? And how do these arguments change once infusions are taken into account? Especially because they can already be used on allies' gear? [/QUOTE]

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