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Thread: Realities of diamond armor
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2014-07-28, 12:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-07-30, 10:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Realities of diamond armor
Titanium alloys also have the nasty side problem that they powder when they break, and in doing so cause a cloud of oxidizing metal and gas, IE a fireball. It's not a major problem with most applications because it takes a high energy hit to set off, but you don't see titanium plates in body armor for a reason.
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2014-07-30, 07:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Realities of diamond armor
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2014-07-30, 09:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Realities of diamond armor
I would say that Diamond armor would give very high damage reduction against slashing and piercing, but that it wouldn't against bludgeoning and, furthermore, that it would take the same damage from bludgeoning attacks that the wearer suffers.
If you want more exotic rules that are more in line with what other armor does, maybe give it a high AC but only against slashing and piercing damage?
Either way I wouldn't let it stack with other armor bonuses.
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2014-07-31, 12:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Realities of diamond armor
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2014-07-31, 01:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Realities of diamond armor
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2014-07-31, 11:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Realities of diamond armor
It wouldn't resist heat or cold well. In fact, it would have a tendency to ignite and burn when hit by high intensity flames. Then you are basically wrapped in a burning tomb of coal.
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2014-07-31, 12:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Realities of diamond armor
Furthermore, it's crystal, so using standard D&D logic, it probably wouldn't do well against sonic attacks.
On to the positives. Obviously, it's not metal, so effects keyed to metal (Heat Metal for example) wouldn't work on it, and certain effects that gain bonuses against metal wouldn't gain those bonuses. A kineticist firing an Electrical Energy Ray at the diamond armor-wearing BSF wouldn't get the +3 bonus.
You might also be able to argue that it could have some kind of ray deflection abilities.
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2014-07-31, 12:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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I never understood how Electrical/lightning damage was supposed to be effective against someone encased in an insulating suit from a grounded metal shell.