Can a Cleric wear Mithril Full Plate?

[harmor]

Cleric don't have `Heavy Armor Proficiency`. Do they get a penality for wearing Mithril Full Plate?

[MisterSlanky]

This has been clarified in Pathfinder. You must have the proficiency to wear an armor of any type, regardless of material. Full Plate is heavy armor, a cleric cannot wear without penalty unless they take a feat. It doesn't matter if this armor is made of steel, adamantium, mithril, or cheese.

[Paul Watson]

Yes. Even though it only encumbers as a much lighter armour, mithril plate mail still needs special training (Heavy Armour Proficiency) to be able to move fluidly in it.

[Lyingbastard]

I find it's often worthwhile for clerics to burn a feat to get heavy armor proficiency, since they have few traits that depend entirely on speed or mobility (such things are always useful, but not to the degree they are for a rogue or barbarian).

[anthony Valente]

From the rulebook p.155:
"A character wearing mithral full plate must be proficient in wearing heavy armor to avoid adding the armor's check penalty to all…"

[Gambit]

We rule that any cleric who takes the War domain receives heavy armor proficiency for free.

[TriOmegaZero]

Rather than waste a feat on one proficiency, I prefer to multiclass Fighter and get a free feat to go with my Heavy Armor Proficiencies.

[LazarX]

TriOmegaZero wrote:

Rather than waste a feat on one proficiency, I prefer to multiclass Fighter and get a free feat to go with my Heavy Armor Proficiencies.

That approach of course has it's own cost. The question you have to answer is the result worth it.