D&D 5E (2024) So the Armorer still need be Wearing before Don his armor.

[pukunui]

Basically- Iron Man with nano-stuff. So, you put on a suit of plate mail and 'magic' it at 3rd level. Then you can don/doff it at will with a utilize action.

Yeah, this. Specifically later Iron Man suits that expand/contract. I think you could make the case that you're still "wearing" the armor even when it's doffed - as in, it's still on your person somewhere, even if it's all shrunk down into a tight little package.

I guess you would want to take it off if you are drowning or something like sleeping. I have seen and made armor like this and it has never really been a problem. I tend to not make the Pcs into situations where they need to take off their armor or get attacked first thing in the morning when you go to the little boy's room and are by yourself.

LOL. I did that once ... in the Tomb of Annihilation campaign. I wanted to demonstrate to the PCs the "you can't regain lost max HP drain" effect of the death curse, so I had a wight attack one of the PCs while he was taking a piss.

 

[TiQuinn]

You can't gain the benefit to put on the armor unless you are already wearing the armor.

OP is correct. It's an error.

Some of these errors that have been discussed lately feel like find-and-replace type errors.

 

[eclair~]

Some of these errors that have come been discussed lately feel like find-and-replace type errors.

They cared more about the utterly-pointless "capitalize-U Utilize action" than actually making the rules and game better.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

They cared more about the utterly-pointless "capitalize-U Utilize action" than actually making the rules and game better.

That was a oversight in the 2014 rules and is kept. Dumb but the intend is clear in that case.

 

[Clint_L]

I mean, it's an editing mistake, not the end of the world. Raise your hand if you are confused about the intent: you can don your armour as an action, which obviously means you weren't already wearing it.

If someone wants to argue RAW says otherwise, that's just a roll your eyes and move on with game moment.

 

[Bae'zel]

Clearly the last bullet is meant to be a seperate paragraph.

 

[aco175]

how do you put on armor you're already wearing?

I'm not understanding the semantics you are trying to play.

You gain 3rd level and you get the power to turn armor you are wearing into 'arcane armor'. Then you get to do the cool things to the arcane armor.

 

[bedir than]

I'm not understanding the semantics you are trying to play.

You gain 3rd level and you get the power to turn armor you are wearing into 'arcane armor'. Then you get to do the cool things to the arcane armor.

the rule, as written, is that while wearing your armor you can don (put it on) as an action. But you can't wear armor you don't have on already.