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The basic idea here is buying a set of +2, wild, glamered, shadow, blue dragonhide full plate for my half-elf druid.
Dragonhide...
...Because dragonhide armor isn't made of metal, druids can wear it without penalty...
...Cost Dragonhide armor costs twice as much as masterwork armor of the same type, but it takes no longer to make than ordinary armor of that type (double all Craft results). If the armor or shield is later given the ability to protect the wearer against that energy type, the cost to add such protection is reduced by 25%.
1) I think this is a no-brainer, but I'm analytical, and just wanted to clarify:
A set of +2 wild, shadow, glamered dragonhide full plate would cost 34,750 gp:
- MW Dragonhide full plate = 3,300 gp
- +2 wild (+5 effective) = 25,000 gp
- glamered = 2,700 gp
- shadow = 3,750 gp
2) I went with glamered on the armor, since the polymorph rules state that your gear melds, if you change form into animal, dragon, elemental, magical beast, plant, or vermin forms, but nothing about humanoid (via alter self). My read on that, is that if you're wearing this armor, and using thousand faces (alter self) to disguise yourself, means that you either need to remove your armor, or else get the armor glamered.
3) When the dragonhide description refers to druid's wearing dragonhide armor without penalty, I have to presume that the text simply refers to druids being able to wear dragonhide full plate, for example, and still wild shape. I presume that the text is not implying that the dragonhide armor has no armor check penalty.
4) Is the armor still considered heavy, requiring me to take heavy armor proficiency to avoid those penalties?
5) Does my speed still drop to 20 ft? For both #4 and #5, this makes me think that I need heavy armor proficiency, for dragonhide full plate.
6) If I use thousand faces to take the form of a dwarf, do I move at 20' or 30' per round? I know you gain the base movement speed of the creature you polymorph into, but I don't know if the dwarven racial bonus for armor applies in this case.
7) Should I just take one level of fighter, to bypass the armor proficiency, as well as gain an extra feat?
Answers in order:
1). Yes, that is correct.
2). Again you are correct. Your wildshape melds your armor because is a polymorph effect, but with the thousand faces you need to provide the means to hide your equipment.
3). You are correct, your dragonhide full plate acts as a masterwork full plate for all purposes of determining armor check, arcane failure, and max dexterity bonus.
4). yes, is still a full plate, heavy armor, so you do need those proficiencies.
5). Yes your speed drop to 20 ft. because you are a creature with a base speed of 30 ft. wearing a heavy armor.
6). No you do not get any racial bonuses or abilities except for low-light vision, darkvision 60 ft., scent or swim 30 ft. if applicable, in which case would only be the darkvision and a +2 Str bonus.
7). That sounds like an excellent idea, but it would be up to you.
Thanks for the quick replies. That confirms what I was thinking. :)