Best arcane casterArmour? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Best arcane casterArmour? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Khazra Reborn
03-28-06, 10:43 AM Whats the best armour for a sorcerer character to wear? I want max defence with minimum arcane spell failure chance. At the moment i was thinking of:
mithral twighlight breastplate with a thistledown suit underneath (instead of the normal padding).
That gives me +5 armour,+5 dex and 0%ASF chance.
Is there anything better out there?
Psifon
03-28-06, 10:49 AM Mithril Tesselated armor counts as +2 fullplate and is light armor, it has an ASF of 15% and gives a +8 AC bonus with a +3 Dex bonus. Add the twilight enhancment and the thistledown undergarment and you have an ASF of zero.

This item is found in the arms and equipment guide, and it costs about 25k (before further enhancements).
Prominence
03-28-06, 10:50 AM I'd toss Soulfire on there, too.
Blade2718
03-28-06, 11:23 AM While we're at it, throw in something that grants freedom of movement. Lets us avoid using our contingencies on that particular spell.
Psifon
03-28-06, 11:44 AM What is soulfire, and what book is it in?
Mr. Dog
03-28-06, 11:59 AM +4 ehancement, Book of Exalted Deeds. Pretects you from negative energy effects, like slay living and level drain.
Adrian_Crane
03-28-06, 12:19 PM DMG II, Githcraft armor template. -5% ASF, and it leaves all your enchant slots freed up.

Also, based more on practicality than rules, I'm not sure you could put a Thistledown Suit on Tesselated Armor. The armor assembles itself on command from identically-shaped pieces, according to description. Based on that, it's easy enough to envision Mithral Tesselated Armor with any enchantment you'd want. But as far as additonal armor components, the Thistledown Suit is a quilted, bulky underlayer. Doesn't seem like it would conveniently disassemble for storage when you removed the armor.
Arikas
03-28-06, 12:23 PM Speaking of arcane armor, is there a spell casters buckler or something with 0 %ASF?
Blade2718
03-28-06, 12:48 PM A masterwork buckler has no ASF penalty.
Surreal
03-28-06, 12:54 PM Browsing through my links, this is all I could find: http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=604255

If you can get the ability to cast in light armour, then the Halfweight enhancement from Underdark makes any armour light. It requires a psionic character to take advantage of the enhancements, but an Illithidwrought Halfweight armour is +4 but counts as light armour and has a +2 insight bonus (not enhancement).
Neo_Leviathan
03-28-06, 12:54 PM A masterwork buckler has no ASF penalty.

Yes it does. It has 5%, same as a standard buckler.
A Mithral buckler has no ASF
McJarvis
03-28-06, 03:27 PM If you get Force Adapt 2 then you can cast "greater mage armor"(3rd level spell) for a +8 AC bonus at 1hour/level(easy to get 24-hour duration on that) with no max dex :)

Without the levels in Force Adapt you only get a +6, but it's still good.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Khazra Reborn 03-28-06, 10:43 AM	Whats the best armour for a sorcerer character to wear? I want max defence with minimum arcane spell failure chance. At the moment i was thinking of: mithral twighlight breastplate with a thistledown suit underneath (instead of the normal padding). That gives me +5 armour,+5 dex and 0%ASF chance. Is there anything better out there?
Psifon 03-28-06, 10:49 AM	Mithril Tesselated armor counts as +2 fullplate and is light armor, it has an ASF of 15% and gives a +8 AC bonus with a +3 Dex bonus. Add the twilight enhancment and the thistledown undergarment and you have an ASF of zero. This item is found in the arms and equipment guide, and it costs about 25k (before further enhancements).
Prominence 03-28-06, 10:50 AM	I'd toss Soulfire on there, too.
Blade2718 03-28-06, 11:23 AM	While we're at it, throw in something that grants freedom of movement. Lets us avoid using our contingencies on that particular spell.
Psifon 03-28-06, 11:44 AM	What is soulfire, and what book is it in?
Mr. Dog 03-28-06, 11:59 AM	+4 ehancement, Book of Exalted Deeds. Pretects you from negative energy effects, like slay living and level drain.
Adrian_Crane 03-28-06, 12:19 PM	DMG II, Githcraft armor template. -5% ASF, and it leaves all your enchant slots freed up. Also, based more on practicality than rules, I'm not sure you could put a Thistledown Suit on Tesselated Armor. The armor assembles itself on command from identically-shaped pieces, according to description. Based on that, it's easy enough to envision Mithral Tesselated Armor with any enchantment you'd want. But as far as additonal armor components, the Thistledown Suit is a quilted, bulky underlayer. Doesn't seem like it would conveniently disassemble for storage when you removed the armor.
Arikas 03-28-06, 12:23 PM	Speaking of arcane armor, is there a spell casters buckler or something with 0 %ASF?
Blade2718 03-28-06, 12:48 PM	A masterwork buckler has no ASF penalty.
Surreal 03-28-06, 12:54 PM	Browsing through my links, this is all I could find: http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=604255 If you can get the ability to cast in light armour, then the Halfweight enhancement from Underdark makes any armour light. It requires a psionic character to take advantage of the enhancements, but an Illithidwrought Halfweight armour is +4 but counts as light armour and has a +2 insight bonus (not enhancement).
Neo_Leviathan 03-28-06, 12:54 PM	A masterwork buckler has no ASF penalty. Yes it does. It has 5%, same as a standard buckler. A Mithral buckler has no ASF
McJarvis 03-28-06, 03:27 PM	If you get Force Adapt 2 then you can cast "greater mage armor"(3rd level spell) for a +8 AC bonus at 1hour/level(easy to get 24-hour duration on that) with no max dex :) Without the levels in Force Adapt you only get a +6, but it's still good.