Armor for Necromancers

[philreed]

I've been having too much fun with necromancy lately.

http://www.philipjreed.com/bonearmor.html

 

[CWD]

You should list hardness and hp for all these items. Armor and shields made of bone and flesh will be a LOT easier to damage than steel, and just cries out for a fighter to sunder it.

 

[philreed]

Good point!

Any suggestions for numbers? I have a few ideas but would be interested in opinions. I'll modify the page to add those.

 

[Rybaer]

If I may offer up a suggestion to the % chance of spell failure.

I can see how the main point here is to allow necromancers to be less severely impacted by use of this particular armor. What I'd suggest is that the lesser % chance of failure only apply on spells cast from the Necromancy school. Spells from all other schools would still suffer the full chance of failure. I think this balances a bit better, particularly if you'd allow any of these armors to become magically enchanted.

In part, this stems from what you define as a "necromancer", too. Is this a variant class, a specialist wizard, any of a number of prestige classes, or something else? Just curious.

Overall, though, I like the concept. I could see players getting all creeped out when coming across a chap wearing clothing and armor made from the flesh and bones of their fellow missing villagers. *shudder*

 

[philreed]

That improves the idea . . .

So I've tweaked the armors to reflect that.

Thanks.