Why would you ever sunder anything?

[Raineh Daze]

Spell Sunder? There is no spell with the word "Sunder" in its name that I'm aware of...

Anyways, I don't think its a dick move to sunder PC's equipment if they make no effort to protect it. It's only a dick move to go out of your way to sunder something (ie. item familiar).

Sundering isn't for PCs. It's for DMs. It takes someone with down-right system mastery to make sundering useful as a PC.

The only thing I can think of off the top of my head that specifically protects against sundering is 'make it out of adamantine', otherwise I've got nothing aside from 'generically high defences'.

why stop at adamantine, go for obdurium.

"off the top of my head"

[Necrosnoop110]

Enlighten these poor benighted souls with that glorious power you had in mind?

The above is more fun to read when you ignore the context of "psionic" power  aDMg nailed it as dimensional pocket (CPsi83). It keeps safe that genie's lamp or The One Ring that you've been questing for without the DM destroying it.

Have your full plate-wearing cleric take a feat and keep that divine focus safe. Have your full-plate wearing psy war get a chirurgery for it too. Then put your magic items under the armor (which can't be sundered). Psions have a similar ACF, but I don't recommend it. If you aren't a monk and your weapons aren't created on the spot (soulknife, psy war ACF, warlock, etc), riverine is a must.

How does this help when you need to currently use said item?

[zook1shoe]

Hide the ring under a glove? Have a dozen necklaces to conceal the magic one. Wrap your feet in cloth to hide your boots.

[PlzBreakMyCampaign]

How does this help when you need to currently use said item?

Dismiss. Recast

[Raineh Daze]

Leaving it vulnerable when you use it, which is the exact problem.

[phaedrusxy]

Leaving it vulnerable when you use it, which is the exact problem.

Yeah... as far as I can see, this is useless for protecting anything that you actually rely on in combat, which is generally when you'll be most likely to get something sundered.

[PlzBreakMyCampaign]

If its something you always use, craft it out of a good material.

[Chemus]

So, what unsunderable materials should I use for boots, gloves, vestments, shirts, belts, girdles, etc?

[zook1shoe]

Make em out of illusions, can't be normal sundered ;-)

[Dictum Mortuum]

Can't you sunder spell component bags, bowstrings and quivers/arrows? Or even at low levels, sundering nonmagical equipment should be fine.

[Samwise]

Can't you sunder spell component bags, bowstrings and quivers/arrows? Or even at low levels, sundering nonmagical equipment should be fine.

I saw sundering of holy symbols and spell component pouches used a few times to disproportionate effect. The main limit seemed to be people thinking of it as a viable option.

Of course I would see the same people who used it carrying 10 holy symbols and spell component pouches for their spellcasters. I expect overuse would set off a bit of an escalation that would only stop when sufficient magic came into play.

[stanprollyright]

why would you ever sunder anything?

Because you need the prereq for Combat Brute and figure "what the heck?"
Because you want to ruin a spellcaster's day without killing him.
Because you're the DM and you accidentally let your characters have too much loot.
Because it's low level and somebody's using a freaking tower shield to be unhittable.
Because you're Sauron and Isildur cut the Ring off your finger.
Because you're using an alternate rules system like Armor as DR, where destroying the Armor gets rid of the DR.
Because your opponent has a double-bladed lightsaber.
Because your opponent's source of power is his staff.
Because your opponent just used his holy symbol to turn your undead minions and the DM rules that breaking the symbol ends the turning effect.
Because you're fighting a hydra and chopping off its heads uses the sunder rules.

[nijineko]

why would you ever sunder anything?

Because you need the prereq for Combat Brute and figure "what the heck?"
Because you want to ruin a spellcaster's day without killing him.
Because you're the DM and you accidentally let your characters have too much loot.
Because it's low level and somebody's using a freaking tower shield to be unhittable.
Because you're Sauron and Isildur cut the Ring off your finger.
Because you're using an alternate rules system like Armor as DR, where destroying the Armor gets rid of the DR.
Because your opponent has a double-bladed lightsaber.
Because your opponent's source of power is his staff.
Because your opponent just used his holy symbol to turn your undead minions and the DM rules that breaking the symbol ends the turning effect.
Because you're fighting a hydra and chopping off its heads uses the sunder rules.

Why not?

[stanprollyright]

why would you ever sunder anything?

Because you need the prereq for Combat Brute and figure "what the heck?"
Because you want to ruin a spellcaster's day without killing him.
Because you're the DM and you accidentally let your characters have too much loot.
Because it's low level and somebody's using a freaking tower shield to be unhittable.
Because you're Sauron and Isildur cut the Ring off your finger.
Because you're using an alternate rules system like Armor as DR, where destroying the Armor gets rid of the DR.
Because your opponent has a double-bladed lightsaber.
Because your opponent's source of power is his staff.
Because your opponent just used his holy symbol to turn your undead minions and the DM rules that breaking the symbol ends the turning effect.
Because you're fighting a hydra and chopping off its heads uses the sunder rules.

Why not?

Because you're breaking all your potential loot.
Because no one wants to look up the Hardness/HP of every object.
Because...just do damage dude. Like, to the bad guy. Instead of his stuff.

[nijineko]

why would you ever sunder anything?

Because you need the prereq for Combat Brute and figure "what the heck?"
Because you want to ruin a spellcaster's day without killing him.
Because you're the DM and you accidentally let your characters have too much loot.
Because it's low level and somebody's using a freaking tower shield to be unhittable.
Because you're Sauron and Isildur cut the Ring off your finger.
Because you're using an alternate rules system like Armor as DR, where destroying the Armor gets rid of the DR.
Because your opponent has a double-bladed lightsaber.
Because your opponent's source of power is his staff.
Because your opponent just used his holy symbol to turn your undead minions and the DM rules that breaking the symbol ends the turning effect.
Because you're fighting a hydra and chopping off its heads uses the sunder rules.

Why not?

Because you're breaking all your potential loot.
Because no one wants to look up the Hardness/HP of every object.
Because...just do damage dude. Like, to the bad guy. Instead of his stuff.

no one wants that worthless crap anyway.
it adds insult to injury.
it rubs your opponent's face in their helplessness.
it's the d&d equivalent of the rich dude who lights his cigars with hundred dollar bills.
it's a great way to win bar bets.
it can impress the women.
because you can.

[stanprollyright]

That seals it. My next character will be a sunder specialist.

[Necrosnoop110]

no one wants that worthless crap anyway.
it adds insult to injury.
it rubs your opponent's face in their helplessness.
it's the d&d equivalent of the rich dude who lights his cigars with hundred dollar bills.
it's a great way to win bar bets.
it can impress the women.
because you can.

Amen! I have never been more convinced. 

[phaedrusxy]

GoGo Blackguard with Combat Brute!

[awaken_D_M_golem]

 
... so now OOTS has to do a :
druid turns into a mini T-rex
main character starts sundering things
sunder'ee bbeg is incredulous
mini T-rex in the background cheers it on

[stanprollyright]

GoGo Blackguard with Combat Brute!

Barb 2/Fighter X/Blackguard 10 with Combat Brute and Shock Trooper 

Or Blackguard 10/Ur-Priest 10 with DMM: Persist.