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<blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 966986" data-attributes="member: 96">Dastana and chahar-aina are originally from oriental Adventures - I think that the Sage answered this question in the OA FAQ by saying &quot;yes, they can be enhanced separately&quot;.Many people, myself included, feel that this is a load of hooey and makes a mockery out of the +10 limit on armor enhancements.&nbsp; It also makes getting a large number of enhancements much cheaper than it would be otherwise - it's like adding more 'armor' slots to the number of magic items you can wear.It also opens up the frightening possibility of something like this:&nbsp; &quot;Well I've got a +5 heavy fortification chain shirt, +4 spaulders of fire and cold resistance, +4 greaves of acid and electricity resistance, +5 shadow silent moves dastana, a +5 codpiece of invulnerability, +5 chahar-aina of etherealness...&quot;In any of my campaigns, I would rule that the dastana counted as part of the suit of armor that was being worn.&nbsp; The enhancement bonus of the dastana and the armor would then overlap, and you would only get the special abilities of the first one donned (just as if you tried to wear two cloaks).J</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drnuncheon, post: 966986, member: 96"] Dastana and chahar-aina are originally from oriental Adventures - I think that the Sage answered this question in the OA FAQ by saying "yes, they can be enhanced separately". Many people, myself included, feel that this is a load of hooey and makes a mockery out of the +10 limit on armor enhancements. It also makes getting a large number of enhancements much cheaper than it would be otherwise - it's like adding more 'armor' slots to the number of magic items you can wear. It also opens up the frightening possibility of something like this: "Well I've got a +5 heavy fortification chain shirt, +4 spaulders of fire and cold resistance, +4 greaves of acid and electricity resistance, +5 shadow silent moves dastana, a +5 codpiece of invulnerability, +5 chahar-aina of etherealness..." In any of my campaigns, I would rule that the dastana counted as part of the suit of armor that was being worn. The enhancement bonus of the dastana and the armor would then overlap, and you would only get the special abilities of the first one donned (just as if you tried to wear two cloaks). J [/QUOTE]

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