I was reading through some Sage Advise and happened to stumble upon some advise for WarForged Characters. I understand that despite the Dragon Magazine article stating it is Official Answers to Your Questions, that not everyone agrees with, in this case Andy Collins (not Skip Williams) conclusions but I find the information helpful when there's little or no information regarding specific subjects that come up in the game. And if I don't agree I think it's pretty evident that I don't mind creating a house rule or two (or ten 
). Some of the information I do think is helpful so I will post some of their "official" rules. For some the answer might be more obvious than others and I'm willing to discuss any that might need to be tweaked.
Q: Is the Warforged considered to be wearing armor for the purpose of using special abilities like a monk's fast movement?
A: No. But certain feats such as Adamantine Body specifically stated that the character is considered to be wearing armor, and thus would limit use of such abilities.
Q: Can a Warforged swim?
A: Yes. Although slightly denser than most other characters, they can swim about as well and any other race. They do have a penalty on Swim checks.
Q: Can a Warforged go to any depth underwater:
A: No. they are just a vulnerable to the pressure exerted by deep water ans any other character.
Q: How long can a Warforged run? How long can it hustle? How onlng can it make a forced march?
A: They don't get fatigued but they can still hustle themselves to negative hit points by failing constitution checks.
Q: Do Warforged have scent?
A: Yes. They have a distinctive smell just like everyone else.
Q: Is it possible to salvage any materials from the body of a warforged? What if they have Adamantine Body?
A: The sage strongly recommends that the materials stripped from the body of a Warforged quickly degrade and become useless. Treating fallen Warforged as repositories for special materials is rather distasteful, to say the least. (Not to mention the great Adamantine Warforged massacre that would happen if people found out you can salvage Adamantine from them.
Q: When attacking a warforged with shocking grasp, do you get the bonus on the attack roll for attacking a creature wearing metal armor?
A: Yes. Even a warforged with the Unarmored Body Feat have some metallic materials within its body.
Q: Does Warforged take the Con damage from wounding weapons every round, even though it doesn't have blood?
A: Yes. They are not immune to Con damage, nor immune to critical hits. A warforged who reaches 2nd level in the Warforged Juggernaut prestige class is immune to the wounding effect, since it is now immune to critical hits.
Q: Is a warforged with the Adamantine Body feat able to bypass adamantine damage reduction with its natural attacks?
A: No. The feat does not turn the warforged slam attacks (or any other natural weapons) into adamantine weapons.
Q: How would the various warforged "body" feats (such as adamantine Body) affect a warforged's weight?
A: Adamantine Body; Base Weight: 320#; Weight Mod: x6.
Darkwood Body; Base Weight: 180#; Weight Mod x2.
Mithral Body; Base Weight: 180#; Weight Mod: x2.
Unarmored Body; Base Weight: 225#; Weight Mod: x3.
Q: Can a changeling take the form of a warforged?
A: Yes. Disguise self allows you to look "like any... human-shaped bipedal creature," so it stands to reason that a changeling could take on the appearance of a warforged (within the normal size limitations of the spell).
I found this next question interesting because it affects everyone not just Warforged.
Q: No bonus languages are listed in the racial description of the warforged. What bonus languages are available to a warforged character with a high Intelligence score?
A: NONE! Acording to the PHB, bonus languages from a high Intelligence score are selected from the list found in your race's description (Page 12; Last sentence in the second paragraph under the heading Race and Languages.)
I did not realize that you only get bonus languages if your race or class has them. If they don't then you're SOL! That's one rule I don't believe is particularly fair.
). Some of the information I do think is helpful so I will post some of their "official" rules. For some the answer might be more obvious than others and I'm willing to discuss any that might need to be tweaked. Q: Is the Warforged considered to be wearing armor for the purpose of using special abilities like a monk's fast movement?
A: No. But certain feats such as Adamantine Body specifically stated that the character is considered to be wearing armor, and thus would limit use of such abilities.
Q: Can a Warforged swim?
A: Yes. Although slightly denser than most other characters, they can swim about as well and any other race. They do have a penalty on Swim checks.
Q: Can a Warforged go to any depth underwater:
A: No. they are just a vulnerable to the pressure exerted by deep water ans any other character.
Q: How long can a Warforged run? How long can it hustle? How onlng can it make a forced march?
A: They don't get fatigued but they can still hustle themselves to negative hit points by failing constitution checks.
Q: Do Warforged have scent?
A: Yes. They have a distinctive smell just like everyone else.
Q: Is it possible to salvage any materials from the body of a warforged? What if they have Adamantine Body?
A: The sage strongly recommends that the materials stripped from the body of a Warforged quickly degrade and become useless. Treating fallen Warforged as repositories for special materials is rather distasteful, to say the least. (Not to mention the great Adamantine Warforged massacre that would happen if people found out you can salvage Adamantine from them.
Q: When attacking a warforged with shocking grasp, do you get the bonus on the attack roll for attacking a creature wearing metal armor?
A: Yes. Even a warforged with the Unarmored Body Feat have some metallic materials within its body.
Q: Does Warforged take the Con damage from wounding weapons every round, even though it doesn't have blood?
A: Yes. They are not immune to Con damage, nor immune to critical hits. A warforged who reaches 2nd level in the Warforged Juggernaut prestige class is immune to the wounding effect, since it is now immune to critical hits.
Q: Is a warforged with the Adamantine Body feat able to bypass adamantine damage reduction with its natural attacks?
A: No. The feat does not turn the warforged slam attacks (or any other natural weapons) into adamantine weapons.
Q: How would the various warforged "body" feats (such as adamantine Body) affect a warforged's weight?
A: Adamantine Body; Base Weight: 320#; Weight Mod: x6.
Darkwood Body; Base Weight: 180#; Weight Mod x2.
Mithral Body; Base Weight: 180#; Weight Mod: x2.
Unarmored Body; Base Weight: 225#; Weight Mod: x3.
Q: Can a changeling take the form of a warforged?
A: Yes. Disguise self allows you to look "like any... human-shaped bipedal creature," so it stands to reason that a changeling could take on the appearance of a warforged (within the normal size limitations of the spell).
I found this next question interesting because it affects everyone not just Warforged.
Q: No bonus languages are listed in the racial description of the warforged. What bonus languages are available to a warforged character with a high Intelligence score?
A: NONE! Acording to the PHB, bonus languages from a high Intelligence score are selected from the list found in your race's description (Page 12; Last sentence in the second paragraph under the heading Race and Languages.)
I did not realize that you only get bonus languages if your race or class has them. If they don't then you're SOL! That's one rule I don't believe is particularly fair.
