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Can you upgrade armour from breastplate to half plate?

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A PC wearing a Breastplate of Psychic Resistance (DMG, 152) wants to upgrade their armour to half plate while retaining the magical resistance.

Can a PC put on half plate armour and retain the magical properties of their original breastplate?

According to the description of half plate armor (PHB, p. 145):

Half plate consists of shaped metal plates that cover most of the wearer's body.

Example: Agar goes to an armorer and buys half plate armor. In the change-room (without taking off his breastplate) he puts on all the components of the half plate (except the plates that would cover his torso) he leaves. Does he still have psychic resistance?

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  Whether it is armor or a weapon is irrelevant. Please note that I could have closed it as a dupe with a single vote, but I didn't. Hence "possible" and I waited to see what others though. It appears that most others who have taken a peak do not think it's a dupe. Which is fine by me. Are you player or DM in this case?
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  @John Hey, don't quote me! :) But seriously, that's a different process. This question is asking if you can us part of one armor to make a different armor. I'm not seeing it's different just because it's also a magic armor. An identical question would be if OP asked about turning mundane half-plate into an armor of resistance.
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  @John the implied difference here is that nothing at all is being done to the magical item; but rather that the half plate armor set is implied to be a combination of a breastplate and some other components worn at the same time, so you might just as well use the magical breastplate in the exact same manner as you might use a magical helmet or magical boots instead of whatever helmet or boots your ordinary armor set includes.
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A PC wearing a Breastplate of Psychic Resistance (DMG, 152) wants to upgrade their armour to half plate while retaining the magical resistance.

Can a PC put on half plate armour and retain the magical properties of their original breastplate?

According to the description of half plate armor (PHB, p. 145):

Half plate consists of shaped metal plates that cover most of the wearer's body.

Example: Agar goes to an armorer and buys half plate armor. In the change-room (without taking off his breastplate) he puts on all the components of the half plate (except the plates that would cover his torso) he leaves. Does he still have psychic resistance?

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  Whether it is armor or a weapon is irrelevant. Please note that I could have closed it as a dupe with a single vote, but I didn't. Hence "possible" and I waited to see what others though. It appears that most others who have taken a peak do not think it's a dupe. Which is fine by me. Are you player or DM in this case?
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  @John Hey, don't quote me! :) But seriously, that's a different process. This question is asking if you can us part of one armor to make a different armor. I'm not seeing it's different just because it's also a magic armor. An identical question would be if OP asked about turning mundane half-plate into an armor of resistance.
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  @John the implied difference here is that nothing at all is being done to the magical item; but rather that the half plate armor set is implied to be a combination of a breastplate and some other components worn at the same time, so you might just as well use the magical breastplate in the exact same manner as you might use a magical helmet or magical boots instead of whatever helmet or boots your ordinary armor set includes.
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A PC wearing a Breastplate of Psychic Resistance (DMG, 152) wants to upgrade their armour to half plate while retaining the magical resistance.

Can a PC put on half plate armour and retain the magical properties of their original breastplate?

According to the description of half plate armor (PHB, p. 145):

Half plate consists of shaped metal plates that cover most of the wearer's body.

Example: Agar goes to an armorer and buys half plate armor. In the change-room (without taking off his breastplate) he puts on all the components of the half plate (except the plates that would cover his torso) he leaves. Does he still have psychic resistance?

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There are no specific rules about armor types being converted from one to another and whether or not this is possible.

The Equipment lists seem to indicate that each one is it's own thing and thus suggests that they aren't additive or reductive in any RAW way.

Whether or not a DM will allow conversions like this, or how they'll make it work if they do, is up to them to decide.

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There are no specific rules about armor types being converted from one to another and whether or not this is possible.

The Equipment lists seem to indicate that each one is it's own thing and thus suggests that they aren't additive or reductive in any RAW way.

Whether or not a DM will allow conversions like this, or how they'll make it work if they do, is up to them to decide.

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Talk to your DM

There are no specific rules about armor types being converted from one to another and whether or not this is possible.

The Equipment lists seem to indicate that each one is it's own thing and thus suggests that they aren't additive or reductive in any RAW way.

Whether or not a DM will allow conversions like this, or how they'll make it work if they do, is up to them to decide.

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Talk to your DM

There are no specific rules about armor types being converted from one to another and whether or not this is possible.

The Equipment lists seem to indicate that each one is it's own thing and thus suggests that they aren't additive or reductive in any RAW way.

Whether or not a DM will allow conversions like this, or how they'll make it work if they do, is up to them to decide.

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