I don't know if this has been brought up before, but the rules state for shocking grasp...
Lightning springs from your hand to deliver a shock to a creature you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. You have advantage on the attack roll if the target is wearing armor made of metal. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 lightning damage, and it can't take reactions until the start of its next turn.
The spell's damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).
If the target were wearing full chain or full plate armor, then they would be protected by a Faraday's cage. Shouldn't the roll be done with disadvantage?
Pretty sure unless the armor was crafted to insulate against electricity that it wouldn't automatically offer protection. For rules sake, metal conducts electricity, thus the spellcaster having advantage. 5e is designed to make things easier to understand, having too many if, buts, and whens slows down combat and the overall game.
No. D&D and real-world physics do not match; never have, and likely never will, and that goes double for any time magic is involved (I mean, seriously - lightning used to bounce rather than ground).
Imagine two circles next to each other, but not touching or overlapping in the slightest. You are now looking at a venn diagram of DND Rules and Real World Physics.
If the attack misses you could explain it as the armor grounding the electricity. However, I believe I'm correct in saying this would only apply to plate as other armor would lack sufficient coverage to work.
in addition to that chain mail, when people with tesla coils have chain mail, they also have HEAVILY insulated suits underneath them. it is not simply chain over skin. that chain mail also heats up quite a bit. I say damage still occurs.
However, I believe I'm correct in saying this would only apply to plate as other armor would lack sufficient coverage to work.
People wear chain mail to protect themselves when playing with Tesla coils.
I haven't looked at my period appropriate chainmail in a while, but I'm almost certain that the chainmail used for tesla coils is an entire suit that covers every single inch of you. If I remember correctly chainmail in D&D is just a shirt or at the very least doesn't cover your feet and there is a gap between your hands and arms. Further a single hole on the tesla suit is dangerous as it allows you to be shocked, and potential death. So yes, while they wear something similar to chainmail it isn't chainmail as in the D&D sense and D&D chainmail isn't made complete to allow lightening immunity. Also you aren't wearing chainmail on your face, which is required with the Telsa suit or you die.
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I don't know if this has been brought up before, but the rules state for shocking grasp...
Lightning springs from your hand to deliver a shock to a creature you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. You have advantage on the attack roll if the target is wearing armor made of metal. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 lightning damage, and it can't take reactions until the start of its next turn.
The spell's damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).
If the target were wearing full chain or full plate armor, then they would be protected by a Faraday's cage. Shouldn't the roll be done with disadvantage?
Mmmm I would say no. The concept of hit is that you overcome the armour's defense.
Pretty sure unless the armor was crafted to insulate against electricity that it wouldn't automatically offer protection. For rules sake, metal conducts electricity, thus the spellcaster having advantage. 5e is designed to make things easier to understand, having too many if, buts, and whens slows down combat and the overall game.
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No. D&D and real-world physics do not match; never have, and likely never will, and that goes double for any time magic is involved (I mean, seriously - lightning used to bounce rather than ground).
Imagine two circles next to each other, but not touching or overlapping in the slightest. You are now looking at a venn diagram of DND Rules and Real World Physics.
If the attack misses you could explain it as the armor grounding the electricity. However, I believe I'm correct in saying this would only apply to plate as other armor would lack sufficient coverage to work.
in addition to that chain mail, when people with tesla coils have chain mail, they also have HEAVILY insulated suits underneath them. it is not simply chain over skin. that chain mail also heats up quite a bit. I say damage still occurs.
it could be worse, you could be on fire.
The lightning is attracted to the metal, and the magic causes it to hit whomever's in the armour :P