Do you need to attune to Gauntlets of Ogre Power? The hammer specifies “wearing” the gauntlets and belt in order to attune to the hammer and “removing” either one would cancel it.
If I wear the gauntlets and chose to not “short rest focus” the gauntlets, am I not still “wearing” them?
The text for Giant’s Bane uses the words: wearing, attunement, and attune. So someone “knew” what they were writing.
Gauntles of Ogre Power do require Attunement, so to use it's power you would need to be attuned to it.
The Belt of Strength also requires attunement and even in its "lowest" version already grants 21 Strength, and would therefore rendering the Gauntlets useless, as they only allow 19 Strength and do nothing if you have a STR score above that.
I would therefore say that Attunement to the Gauntlets is not mandatory and would actually be useless, but you still need to be wearing them to fulfill the requisitos to attuned to the hammer.
Do you "need" to attune to the gauntlets in order to use the Hammer of Thunderbolts? No, you need to wear it combined with any type of Belt of Giant Strength in order to attune to it. And keep wearing it in order to stay attuned.
If I'm correct, the only feature you can use with the Hammer without attunement is the +1 to attack and damage rolls. I'm not sure of this, but because the "requires attunement' is specifically stated with the Giant's Bane and not before that it's a bit unclear to me.
To work fully, you need to wear the Gauntlets and the Belt but not be attuned to it. This might be different if you have a lower STR. Remember that RAW the +4 STR and the "fixed" STR of the belt do not stack. This means that if you have a STR of 20 you don't want to actually attune to a belt of hill/frost/stone giant strength if you're attuned to the Hammer. If you've got a fire/cloud/storm giant belt then you're good, you only don't get the +4 STR from the Hammer. It seems a bit odd to me, but it seems as that was RAI as well.
It simply means you can not wear other magical gauntlets/belts while using the Hammer.
You're absolutely wrong here. Crawford has stated RAI that the Hammer adds to the strength of the belt plain and simple. Theres a 2017 topic on D&D beyond about this specifically.
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Do you need to attune to Gauntlets of Ogre Power? The hammer specifies “wearing” the gauntlets and belt in order to attune to the hammer and “removing” either one would cancel it.
If I wear the gauntlets and chose to not “short rest focus” the gauntlets, am I not still “wearing” them?
The text for Giant’s Bane uses the words: wearing, attunement, and attune. So someone “knew” what they were writing.
Is this RAI or RAW or DM discretion
Gauntles of Ogre Power do require Attunement, so to use it's power you would need to be attuned to it.
The Belt of Strength also requires attunement and even in its "lowest" version already grants 21 Strength, and would therefore rendering the Gauntlets useless, as they only allow 19 Strength and do nothing if you have a STR score above that.
I would therefore say that Attunement to the Gauntlets is not mandatory and would actually be useless, but you still need to be wearing them to fulfill the requisitos to attuned to the hammer.
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Do you "need" to attune to the gauntlets in order to use the Hammer of Thunderbolts? No, you need to wear it combined with any type of Belt of Giant Strength in order to attune to it. And keep wearing it in order to stay attuned.
If I'm correct, the only feature you can use with the Hammer without attunement is the +1 to attack and damage rolls. I'm not sure of this, but because the "requires attunement' is specifically stated with the Giant's Bane and not before that it's a bit unclear to me.
To work fully, you need to wear the Gauntlets and the Belt but not be attuned to it. This might be different if you have a lower STR. Remember that RAW the +4 STR and the "fixed" STR of the belt do not stack. This means that if you have a STR of 20 you don't want to actually attune to a belt of hill/frost/stone giant strength if you're attuned to the Hammer. If you've got a fire/cloud/storm giant belt then you're good, you only don't get the +4 STR from the Hammer. It seems a bit odd to me, but it seems as that was RAI as well.
It simply means you can not wear other magical gauntlets/belts while using the Hammer.
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You're absolutely wrong here. Crawford has stated RAI that the Hammer adds to the strength of the belt plain and simple. Theres a 2017 topic on D&D beyond about this specifically.