I’ve been looking at the artificer’s new official armorer subclass in Tasha’s. You can make a suit of arcane armor as an action from armor that you are wearing, you gain various benefits while wearing it, and it doesn’t stop being arcane armor until you make a new set or you die. Does this mean you could make the armor, and then give it to someone else to wear? Would it give them the same benefits?
Others could wear it and have the benefits of the heavy armor it is based on (as well as infusions on the armor), but the benefits of arcane armor (armor model and perfected armor) are applied only when you wear it.
I disagree, other magical armours specifically say "While you wear this armour, you gain benefits" just like how the Arcane Armour says "While you wear this armour, you gain benefits"
All content in the Player's Handbook is worded to the player and assumes it only pertains to them. If something can pertain to a creature other than the player it is directly addressing, the book uses different language. Compare the language of the infusions (designed to be given to other creatures as well as used by the artificer) with the language of the Arcane Armor
Resistant Armor infusion:
While wearing this armor, a creature has resistance to one of the following damage types, which you choose when you infuse the item...
Mind Sharpener infusion:
When the wearer fails a Constitution saving throw to maintain concentration on a spell, the wearer can use its reaction to expend 1 of the item’s charges to succeed instead
Arcane Armor subclass feature
You gain the following benefits while wearing this armor:
If the intent was that others could wear your arcane armor, then it'd use the same language as the infusions
+1 Armor is in the DMG - if it's in the PHB, I'm not aware of it. I can confirm that +1 Armor uses the you wording in question, even though the DMG is written for the DM, not the Player.
The armor rules on p144 of the PHB also use the you wording, but in a very different way. Here:
The armor (and shield) you wear determines your base Armor Class.
However, Arcane Armor is a subclass ability, not an item description. I think it's very clear it only works for the Artificer in question.
Armor Model, on the other hand, lets you make a suit and then gives descriptions of the two suits you can make. I think it's very clear Armor Model applies to any wearer, not just the Armorer. The exception here is using Int for the armor's weapon or weapons, which is a subclass ability, not a function of the suit.
I’ve been looking at the artificer’s new official armorer subclass in Tasha’s. You can make a suit of arcane armor as an action from armor that you are wearing, you gain various benefits while wearing it, and it doesn’t stop being arcane armor until you make a new set or you die. Does this mean you could make the armor, and then give it to someone else to wear? Would it give them the same benefits?
The Arcane Armor feature says the following (emphasis mine):
Anyone else wearing your arcane armor wouldn't get any of the listed benefits.
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Others could wear it and have the benefits of the heavy armor it is based on (as well as infusions on the armor), but the benefits of arcane armor (armor model and perfected armor) are applied only when you wear it.
I disagree, other magical armours specifically say "While you wear this armour, you gain benefits" just like how the Arcane Armour says "While you wear this armour, you gain benefits"
All content in the Player's Handbook is worded to the player and assumes it only pertains to them. If something can pertain to a creature other than the player it is directly addressing, the book uses different language. Compare the language of the infusions (designed to be given to other creatures as well as used by the artificer) with the language of the Arcane Armor
Resistant Armor infusion:
Mind Sharpener infusion:
Arcane Armor subclass feature
If the intent was that others could wear your arcane armor, then it'd use the same language as the infusions
Find my D&D Beyond articles here
+1 Armor is in the DMG - if it's in the PHB, I'm not aware of it. I can confirm that +1 Armor uses the you wording in question, even though the DMG is written for the DM, not the Player.
The armor rules on p144 of the PHB also use the you wording, but in a very different way. Here:
However, Arcane Armor is a subclass ability, not an item description. I think it's very clear it only works for the Artificer in question.
Armor Model, on the other hand, lets you make a suit and then gives descriptions of the two suits you can make. I think it's very clear Armor Model applies to any wearer, not just the Armorer. The exception here is using Int for the armor's weapon or weapons, which is a subclass ability, not a function of the suit.