Question regarding the interaction between Integrated Protection and the Armorers ability to don and doff armor with one action. Integrated Protection says it takes and hour to don or remove armor, yet the Armor lets you don or doff as an action.
I would rule that an object is still an object unless the feature specifically says it is now considered to be native part of the creature. "Integrated" is flavor text; the description of the "Integrated Protection" feature does not explicitly say the armor object is no longer an object, just that armor cannot be removed without the Warforged's consent and that it takes an hour to doff. This is a game mechanic, not a nuanced legal document that requires lawyering. Additional examples where an object is "integrated", but are still targetable items are the Prosthetic Limb and Ersatz Eye.
Back to the OP subject: In my opinion, a Class feature supersedes a Racial feature. It takes a Warforged an hour to don/doff armor, it takes a non-Warforged 1-10 minutes to don and 1-5 minutes to doff. Arcane Armor changes that inherent mechanic to be just an action to don/doff. Therefore, Warforged Armorer only requires an action to don/doff armor instead of an hour.
Yeah, donning or doffing armor normally takes a while for anyone, the don/doff thing is almost a retractable thing(think Trollhunters) so I believe that would trump the unique biology/construction of Warforged.
Since it got bumped, just an update on the armor situation. We killed an Ankeg and converted some of it's carapace into breastplate armor for the druid and my warforged. So when he uses the armor it looks like insectile carapace over a robot. Not sure how that actually looks yet.
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Question regarding the interaction between Integrated Protection and the Armorers ability to don and doff armor with one action. Integrated Protection says it takes and hour to don or remove armor, yet the Armor lets you don or doff as an action.
Which one wins out?
They’re both specific rules.RAW their effects are mutually exclusive and thus can’t really happen with each other. It’s up to you and your table.
that being said I’d be quite surprised if a DM said you couldn’t use the action feature.
The last discussion on this topic can be found here: Warforged armourer don/doff time - Artificer - Class Forums - D&D Beyond Forums - D&D Beyond (dndbeyond.com)
This was my input at the time:
Yeah, donning or doffing armor normally takes a while for anyone, the don/doff thing is almost a retractable thing(think Trollhunters) so I believe that would trump the unique biology/construction of Warforged.
Since it got bumped, just an update on the armor situation. We killed an Ankeg and converted some of it's carapace into breastplate armor for the druid and my warforged. So when he uses the armor it looks like insectile carapace over a robot. Not sure how that actually looks yet.