Saving Throw of Items
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This saving throw represents an item's general ability to withstand the effects of the attack. It is rolled just like a normal saving throw.
The item saving throw should be used only when the item is not being carried by a character or when a character fails his saving throw against the same attack. A character who successfully saves against the blast of a fireball spell need not make separate saving throws for his potions. The character who failed the same save failed to protect himself adequately and must therefore check for his potions (and probably his scrolls, too). Not all items need make a save in every instance. It is perfectly reasonable to ignore the save for a character's sword and armor in the same fireball situation described above, since there is so little chance that these will be affected.
Furthermore, magical items are more resistant to damage, gaining bonuses to the saving throw. Items with a plus (a sword +1 , for example) gain that plus as a bonus to the die roll. If the item possesses additional special abilities, it should have an extra plus for each of these. Magical items with no stated pluses should gain a bonus relative to their power. A potion would have a +1 while a miscellaneous magical item could have a +5 or +6. Further, if the saving throw is versus an attack the device was designed to counter (e.g., extreme cold vs. a ring of warmth ), an additional bonus of +2 is allowed.
| Item | Acid |
Crushing
Blow |
Disinte-
gration |
Fall |
Magical
Fire |
Normal
Fire |
Cold |
Lightning |
Electricity |
| Bone or Ivory | 11 |
16 |
19 |
6 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
| Cloth | 12 |
-- |
19 |
-- |
16 |
13 |
2 |
18 |
2 |
| Glass | 5 |
20 |
19 |
14 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
17 |
2 |
| Leather | 10 |
3 |
19 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
13 |
2 |
| Metal | 13 |
7 |
17 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
2 |
| Oils* | 16** |
-- |
19 |
-- |
19 |
17 |
5 |
19 |
16 |
| Paper, etc. | 16 |
7 |
19 |
-- |
19 |
19 |
2 |
19 |
2 |
| Potions* | 15** |
-- |
19 |
-- |
17 |
4 |
13 |
18 |
15 |
| Pottery | 4 |
18 |
19 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| Rockcrystal | 3 |
17 |
18 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
14 |
2 |
| Rope | 12 |
2 |
19 |
-- |
10 |
6 |
2 |
12 |
2 |
| Wood, thick | 8 |
10 |
19 |
2 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
9 |
2 |
| Wood, thin | 9 |
13 |
19 |
2 |
11 |
9 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
* This save does not include the container, only the liquid contents.
** Of course, even though the save is made, the item is probably hopelessly mixed with the acid.