Raptoran's Armour

[zlorf]

Hi,

I was wondering if Raptorans have to have specially modified armour to accomodate their
wings? And if so should the player be penalised when finding magic armour that probably wont fit because of their wings?

Anyone DM'ed Raptoran's and found anything about them overly powerful?

Cheers
Z

 

[Neorealist]

I believe magical armor re-shapes itself to accomodate various unique appendages and such like wings or a tail. So they'll have to buy mundane armor with holes in, but the magical stuff they find should be alright; provided the armor is the right size category. as for raptorians being overly powerful? your druids, sorcerors, wizards and clerics are all wizzing through the air with the greatest of ease by the time they can do more than glide, and so if anything they are quite balanced. (armor restrictions on what they can fly in, couple with the shear number of levels they have to be to fully unlock their ability)

 

[pawsplay]

For mundane armor, they're stuck with light armor unless they want something custom made. Magical armor generally resizes within certain contraints.

 

[The Forsaken One]

For mundane armor, they're stuck with light armor unless they want something custom made. Magical armor generally resizes within certain contraints.[/QUOTE

Size not shape I believe, so I'd guess hes out of luck concerning looting armor from more mundane humanoids.

 

[pawsplay]

It would really depend on the armor. I would imagine "generic" +1 armor would accomodate the wings, but as th DMG points out, dwarf armor might only accomodate someone dwarf-shaped, depending on the creator's desires.

 

[pawsplay]

Anyone DM'ed Raptoran's and found anything about them overly powerful?

I didn't even touch on this, and I meant to. There are no raptorans in my game currently... looking them over, the issues I found were not with raptoran PCs, but with the race. I did a review on RPG.net that outlined some of the issues; for instance, flight is a marker of adulthood, but most of the population of a settlement is not yet high enough level to fly (using either the DMG demographics rules, or just glancing at their example settlement).

 

[Thurbane]

I'd say it would be covered under costs in the table "Armor for Unusual Creatures" - double the usual cost if the DM rules that the wings warrant it to be considered non-humanoid.