EzekielRaiden
Follower of the Way
Depends. Are you going to make a big deal out of it? As stated in the original framing, it's something the players already know exists, hence why I made repeated references to stuff like "is it available for purchase or barter or" etc., hence why I asked how the players could know anything at all about it before they arrive somewhere.No. You misunderstand me.
If the players go there, and learn of the armor, of course I tell them abut it.
I'm asking if the character should know about the armor before encountering it in game.
If the players are asking to know the details, they have to have already known it exists, which means the DM has to have already told them it exists. Doing that and then being all coy about what it does just seems needlessly dickish. I'm not seeing how the players could somehow spontaneously predict that there will be special new dwarven armor without ever hearing the slightest bit about it from the DM first.