Putting on Armor while Reduced

[TR_Merc]

Hello

I'm in a group where I'm playing a large character. To make things easier I got a item that has the effects of reduce person. If the character puts on Medium armor while small, and takes the item off what happens to Mundane Armor and Large Armor?

[Isaac Zephyr]

The armor wouldn't be under the effects of the spell. So as per other such effects, the creature would grow out of the armor (or into it in the case you've said a small character putting on medium armor?) and destroy it.

[TR_Merc]

It was large reduced to medium.

[Kayerloth]

Are you saying the armor targets its wearer with Reduce Person? The spell itself targets a creature not armor. Armor itself can be crafted in any size you want. If it is masterwork quality then it can in turn be magically crafted with enhancements etc., as desired.

It's also why for the most part I personally just assume that magical armors resize to fit their wearer, although they might be crafted at a given size to which they would return if not being worn.

And did you mean "Mundane Armor and Large Armor or Medium Armor and Large Armor?

[Isaac Zephyr]

Alright. I think I'm missing something so I'll explain each scenario.

When reduced/enlarged, if you remove an object from your person, it returns to its original size. So if a large person shrunk mediuk, their armor at the time would shrink with them, but if they took it off it would return to being large armor before the end of the spell's duration.

If you are reduced to medium, and put on a medium suit of armor, you can wear it while reduced, but at the end of the spell's duration you will return to regular size, and the armor will be destroyed in the process since it lacks the space to accommodate your actual size.

If a medium character was increased to large or larger while inside a suit of large armor (not wearing it, we're talking like standing in the chestpiece), the armor would limit their maximum size unless they rolled a Str check to burst it.

[Kayerloth]

And what Isaac just said. I'd only resize magical armor, mundane armor is either going to be waaay too loose on an undersized character or break/fall off a too large character as Isaac said.