by this logic sunkens should have access to drowned
think about it
gilded items dug up from the ground + lost sets being dug up from the ground = gilded lost sets
drowned items fished from bodies of water + sunkens fished from bodies of water = drowned sunken sets
if we take it a step further, we can argue that lost sets should have access to everything except drowned/abyssal and that sunkens should have access to drowned/abyssal
You make a good point however… that’s literally what sunken armor already is.
That’s what the drowned modifier is doing to the armor the modifier is on lol.
Its more like sunkens are an accidental success and drowned stuff is the expected result.
Though its not like any faction is actively trying to make modified gear (aside from gilded stuff), they’re just burying their loot or its getting lost at sea and we’re finding it with magic contamination all over it.