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    Default Armor Spikes and Enhancement

    PHB states that armor spikes "can be made into magic weapons in their own right".

    What isn't made clear is this: does a single enhancement apply to all the armor spikes equally or must the enhancement be done separately for each limb?

    I'm kicking around the idea for a thri-kreen, so the cheese potential is pretty high. Thoughts?
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    Enchantments on armor spikes affect all spikes equally. For multi-limbed enchantment cheese, you'll want gauntlets or spiked gauntlets.
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    Default Re: Armor Spikes and Enhancement

    A piece of armor can't have multiple armor spikes, though there there are some things like armor spikes you can stack up with them. Armor Spikes are a mod made to armor, not a unique object, so the "armor spikes" are all one thing, despite being made of several objects (as implied by the plural name). Kinda like how a pair of pants is one object.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Necroticplague View Post
    A piece of armor can't have multiple armor spikes, though there there are some things like armor spikes you can stack up with them. Armor Spikes are a mod made to armor, not a unique object, so the "armor spikes" are all one thing, despite being made of several objects (as implied by the plural name). Kinda like how a pair of pants is one object.
    Perhaps a better example is a pair of boots of elvenkind is a single item instead of two.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Extra Anchovies View Post
    Enchantments on armor spikes affect all spikes equally. For multi-limbed enchantment cheese, you'll want gauntlets or spiked gauntlets.
    The thought had crossed my mind, but ultimately decided that Rule of Cool dictated thri-kreen in spiked mithral breastplate was the way to go.

    Quote Originally Posted by Necroticplague View Post
    A piece of armor can't have multiple armor spikes, though there there are some things like armor spikes you can stack up with them. Armor Spikes are a mod made to armor, not a unique object, so the "armor spikes" are all one thing, despite being made of several objects (as implied by the plural name). Kinda like how a pair of pants is one object.
    This was my first thought, and then I was like: "that can't be right". Since it seems to be the consensus I'll go with it.

    Thanks for the responses, everyone!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Necroticplague View Post
    A piece of armor can't have multiple armor spikes, though there there are some things like armor spikes you can stack up with them. Armor Spikes are a mod made to armor, not a unique object, so the "armor spikes" are all one thing, despite being made of several objects (as implied by the plural name). Kinda like how a pair of pants is one object.
    Oh? What stacks with armor spikes? I thought the slashing equivalents all stated they were alternatives to armor spikes, disallowing them to be combined.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coidzor View Post
    Oh? What stacks with armor spikes? I thought the slashing equivalents all stated they were alternatives to armor spikes, disallowing them to be combined.
    Armor razors do, at least. They say absolutely nothing about armor spikes at all, and are merely armor modification, which I don't know of any rules that limit you to one.
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