Do Adamantine Body warforged need armor proficiency?

[RangerWickett]

If you play, say, a warforged rogue with adamantine body, would you take a penalty to attack rolls for not having heavy armor proficiency? Or would you just take the normal armor check penalty to skills.

 

[Patlin]

Nope, no proficiency needed.

 

[pawsplay]

While it is treated as armor in many respects it is not, actually, armor. You can tell because armor is armor, and Adamantine Body is a feat.

 

[RangerWickett]

However,

... and you are considered to be wearing heavy armor.

I just wanted to make sure.

 

[Patlin]

However,



I just wanted to make sure.

I'm home now, have my ECS in hand, and can answer in more detail. In the description of the feat on p. 50, not that it says "a -5 penalty on all skill checks that armor check penalties apply to." While this penalty does essentially the same thing as an armor check penalty, it's not one. This has a couple of important effects. First, the swim penalty is -5 not -10... if it were an armor check penalty, it would be doubled for swim. Second, even if there were a proficiency required there is no armor check penalty to apply to the attack rolls....

 

[RangerWickett]

Cool, thanks!

 

[Drowbane]

If you play, say, a warforged rogue with adamantine body, would you take a penalty to attack rolls for not having heavy armor proficiency? Or would you just take the normal armor check penalty to skills.

My Warforged Psion (shaper) didn't!