Lord Torath
2015-05-22, 11:55 AM
Troglodytes have a cloud of musk that requires a save vs poison to avoid losing 1d6 points of strength (temporarily) from the stench. So what happens when you're wearing a magic item that sets your strength to a particular level? The magic item is immune to the musk (no sense of smell), so it should still function at its normal effectiveness. The musk requires a poison save, so is it making you feel ill, reducing your effectiveness? Or is it a poison that literally saps the strength from your muscles, weakening you?
Ghasts have a similar "musk cloud," but failing your save (again, vs poison) results in a -2 to hit (retching and nauseousness making it hard to fight). That makes me think that the Troglodyte musk actually attacks your strength. Meaning that if you have strength-setting magic (girdles or giant strength or gauntlets of ogre power), you're immune to trog musk. Strength-boosting magic, like a Strength spell, however, would not make you immune.
Ghasts have a similar "musk cloud," but failing your save (again, vs poison) results in a -2 to hit (retching and nauseousness making it hard to fight). That makes me think that the Troglodyte musk actually attacks your strength. Meaning that if you have strength-setting magic (girdles or giant strength or gauntlets of ogre power), you're immune to trog musk. Strength-boosting magic, like a Strength spell, however, would not make you immune.