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Old 11-25-2016, 05:07 PM   #11
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Default Re: Magic lightning and high tech vehicle Armour

I would argue that if the material is irrevocably changed to not be completely metal (Like a fiberglass or powder coating) then it is no longer 'metal' for the purposes of the spell.

The tabbard would not work because that's something you can take off, but if the knight instead resin coated his armour, I'd say no longer metal for the purposes of the the lightning spell.

Reasoning: Going into the other direction leads to things like 'well clay is 70% alumina, so a clay golem has DR1 vs magical lightning' and 'dragon's have about 15% iron in there blood from the hemoglobin, so the dragonscales only provide DR 1 to the beast'

Side note: Powder coating is NOT just a paint job- the plastic is irrevocably bonded to the first few layers of the metal underneath- the only way to remove it would be the grind it away, taking the outer plastic, the plastic/metal alloy, and then getting down to the metal beneath.

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Old 11-25-2016, 05:34 PM   #12
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Default Re: Magic lightning and high tech vehicle Armour

Powder coating armor doesn't change the rest of the armor into not-metal. At best you might argue a small percent of the DR is now "not metal", but the rest still is so you're stuck with it.

Haemoglobin and clay aren't metal and any player who tries to argue it is get sat down for an informational lecture about the difference between elements and chemical compounds, and what a "metal" actually is. That kind of punishment is usually enough to prevent repeat offenses.
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