Talk:Warforged (by DracoDruid)/@comment-5071844-20120502133530

I think a slam natural attack makes more sense than giving warforged the Improved Unarmed Strike feat. IUS is martial arts training, not just the ability to punch people - it's a requirement for a lot of monk-based feats, which I don't think make a whole lot of sense for a warforged to have access to to start with. A slam attack, I think, works better for the race.

What about the trait system for determining armor? I personally waffled between a trait and just allowing warforged to change their plating out using the "armor for unusual creatures" cost modifier. In the end, I went with allowing them to change their armor, though they couldn't wear armor made for other humanoids - they essentially had sets of armored plating that required time and effort to change, the equivalent to having surgery.

You might consider defining which racial traits are a result of the sentient construct subtype you gave them - that way you can port that over to the warforged scouts and juggernaughts easily.