Equiping as a Pathfinder


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Sovereign Court 2/5

I have looked at a post about what is expected of a pathfinder to be able to do, as in having means to over come swarms, flying, darkness ect.

The question I have as I am going to applying gm credit to this character I will go from level 2 to level 4 and I need suggestions as to what to get for gear. I will have 15 Fame, 9 PP and about 6000GP to work with.

I think I should be grabbing a Magic weapon, cloak or resistance and magic armor?

So a +1 Rapier,(2320GP), +1 Darkwood Cloth Studded Leather(1770gp), +1 Cloak of Resistance (1000GP), for a total of 5090 spent with only 910GP left.

Are these wise purchases? Is leaving my self that low in GP a good idea. This is my first PFS character so I am not sure what priority I should have on gear.

Should I perhaps instead invest in a couple oils of magic weapon in stead of the +1 Rapier?

Thanks in advance for the advice.

5/5 5/55/55/5

750 fly potion and enough left over for travel and bribe..erm. "Government fees" money.

Shortbows a d6 :)

Dark Archive 1/5

The +1 rapier is a solid investment. You can over time upgrade it's enhancement bonus, possibly adding magic effects to it too. And it always gives the enhancement bonus and ability to bypass /magic DR. Unlike the oils of magic weapon, which need to be applied and are temporary.

Magic armor is also generally a good solid purchases. Do you already have a means to see in the dark? Can you effectively deal with swarms already? Do you have a ranged option for when melee is out of the question? Do you have rope of some kind, and maybe a grappling hook? (I love the flight grapple for that) While it often isn't needed, a water skien and a few days of trail rations wouldn't be amiss either.

Sovereign Court 2/5

My character's sheet is listed on this alias Henric Carnes.

What I think I will do is buy Masterwork Darkleaf Studded Leather, a Masterwork Darkwood Buckler, a couple of magic weapon oils so I can apply it to either melee or ranged weapon and the a potion of fly or what not.

5/5 5/55/55/5

Henric Carnes wrote:

My character's sheet is listed on this alias Henric Carnes.

What I think I will do is buy Masterwork Darkleaf Studded Leather, a Masterwork Darkwood Buckler, a couple of magic weapon oils so I can apply it to either melee or ranged weapon and the a potion of fly or what not.

If you're going that route you can probably hold off on the +1 rapier long enough to afford the adamantine one. For arogue the +1 from mw is the big bonus, the +1 damage is meh.

Sovereign Court 2/5

So adamantine is the way to go vs. clod iron and silversheen?

Dark Archive 1/5

Personally, I like mithral. But I can see the reasoning behind adamantine.

Grand Lodge

what about a mithral shirt? no ACP, and max dex +6 for when you boost your dex...can always enchant it later....

Sovereign Court 2/5

I am going with Darkleaf for the same reasons, halves weight, +2 to max dex, no ACP and has mx dex of +7 and save me 325GP over Mithral.

Comparison.
Darkleaf Studded Leather = +3 armor/+7 max dex no ACP, 10 lbs 775GP
Mithril Chain shirt = +4 Armor/+6 max dex no ACP, 12.5 lbs and 1100GP.

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