magic and armour

[phil]

does wearing armour affect magic abilities?

[Sir_Servo]

you bet it does! unless there is some specail rule for your caster you can not be equiped with any type of armour or you loose your casting ability. You can't even pay the points and just say 'well he is not wearing it right now'. That doesn't work.

Hope that helps!

Servo

[God_Grinder]

yup, like chaos armor

[hairyyahoo]

certain pieces of magical armour allow spell casters to wear it and still toast the enemy with fireballs but normal armour can't be worn by wizards without loosing their magical abilities. all in all such armour is rarely worth it since you don't really want your wizards anywhere near combat and a ward save is preferable to armour any day.

[phil]

Just i've started to collect vampire counts and well..........vampires die without armour.

i still want to be able to cast magic but want to be able to survive conbats.

[Drax]

actually that rule got tossed in 7th edition - there is now no problem with magic being cast be those wearing armour

however the mage must have the option to wear mundane armour in his army list entry in order to take magic armour unless the magic armour's description states otherwise.

in the case of the vampires - top of page 85 (just above the list of magic armour) states that vampires may always choose magic armour and if they have also taken Dread Knight or Avatar of Death, the magic armour replaces the heavy armour granted by those bloodline powers

[phil]

right thanks

I was getting worried when i couldn't find anything in the vampire book that said you could take magic armour.

[DeAd_cOmMaNdO]

NO!

it doesnt

if you wear armour, you still wont be able to cast spells!

[Drax]

Originally Posted by DeAd_cOmMaNdO

NO!

it doesnt

if you wear armour, you still wont be able to cast spells!

sorry DC, but you are wrong.

that was up to and including 6th edition - there is no longer any rule that states that you cannot wear armour and cast spells - what it does say is that if you cannot take mundane armour, then you cannot take magic armour unless the item states otherwise then gives the example that many mages' ability to cast spells are affected by wearing armour - but that is not a rule, it is just an example of the fluff reasons.

[DeAd_cOmMaNdO]

Originally Posted by Drax

sorry DC, but you are wrong.

that was up to and including 6th edition - there is no longer any rule that states that you cannot wear armour and cast spells - what it does say is that if you cannot take mundane armour, then you cannot take magic armour unless the item states otherwise then gives the example that many mages' ability to cast spells are affected by wearing armour - but that is not a rule, it is just an example of the fluff reasons.

actually i was being a smart @$$ and implying the OP meant in real life... guess that didnt work

[Drax]

not with me it doesn't - smart does not compute

but...

in the case of your meaning - then you are quite correct!