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I am attempting to make a dual wielding catfolk chakram master. I am finding the whole heavy armor thing to be my major obstacle for what I am aiming. Does anyone know of any good work arounds? Is there any real reason I couldn't just wear gauntlets(even though they are listed as weapons, and not armor in the core rules)?
Well, I'm not sure the damage is just to your hands. Still a silly weapon restriction.
It's like making a guy that isn't proficient with nunchaku make a DC 15 save to avoid ending up on YouTube.
Your best bet ask your GM most will accomodate you on this though some might be sticklers for the rules.
Warning the following is only the GM known as Talonhawke's personal opinion
I would allow it on even some higher cost gloves personally but i go more for rule of cool over some rules. YMMV
Also you could look into finding some way to get enough DR to not take any damage if you fail your reflex.
Or mithril heavy armor but thats the best i can think of.
I feel your bain Nobnarb. I hate when you have stickler GMs that go heavily by the book and ignore things that don't make sense. Be careful though that your GM doesn't also think the Chakram won't hurt someone in heavy armor.
But - Lets Utterly break the reality of your DMs game.
You could wear mithral full plate.. Since MFP counts as medium armor.. Whoops, you take damage form chakarum.
Or you can spend most of your time running around in an armor kilt, which is light armor. you carry an armored coat with you, that you don as a move action. BOOM! putting on a your jacket with your dress you no longer take damage from chakrum! For more ridiculousness.. spend a move action putting on the coat, attack. Then Next turn attack, and remove the coat.
No mithril full plate actually is still heavy armor its just light enough that it acts as medium. You still need Hvy prof to use it without penalty.
Just to ask does this character have any relation to a recently released video game?
No mithril full plate actually is still heavy armor its just light enough that it acts as medium. You still need Hvy prof to use it without penalty.
Armor Prof has nothing to do with armor type other than what not to wear. The Charakum says you don't make the check with Heavy Armor, regardless if you are prof with it or not.
Mithril full plate acts like medium armor, therefor it acts like medium armor, not heavy armor which is what the Charakum is looking for. For some magical strange reason, Mithril full plate ends up losing its ability to protect you simply because what it acts like changes.
This is the same reason wearing an armor kilt with an armor coat, suddenly puts you into heavy armor, thus stopping the effects of the Chakarum even though your hands are totally exposed.
Mithral is a very rare silvery, glistening metal that is lighter than steel but just as hard.
When worked like steel, it becomes a wonderful material from which to create armor, and is occasionally used for other items as well. Most mithral armors are one category lighter than normal for purposes of movement and other limitations.
This wouldn't be a limitation so for this case its still heavy armor.
I see.. but It does depend on the DM I guess.
However, Armor coat and Kilt still stands if I'm not mistaken.
It would most definatly.
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Ask him if you can use Piecemeal Armor.
That's actually where I went first. But, since even just the arm armor reduces my movement to 20 (For some reason) they said I might as well just go with the full armor. This whole thing is getting rather frustrating.
Just to ask does this character have any relation to a recently released video game?
No. What recent game has a catfolk chakram master Dex-Based fighter?
Kingdoms of Amular has Dual Chakrams as a really awesome fighting style is what came to mind.