Instant Armor and Armor Proficiency

[pres man]

If a cleric does not have heavy armor proficiency, do they take the penalties for the heavy armor created by the Instant Armor spell?

If yes, is the armor considered "masterwork"?

[gnomersy]

pres man wrote:

If a cleric does not have heavy armor proficiency, do they take the penalties for the heavy armor created by the Instant Armor spell?

If yes, is the armor considered "masterwork"?

It seems silly to me but yes penalties since it says it acts in all ways like the armor of it's type.

I'd say it would definitely be masterwork if you made one with an enhancement bonus since anything that can have an enhancement bonus must be masterwork but otherwise since it doesn't say that it is, it isn't.

[The Elusive Jackalope]

Quote:

Instant armor acts in all ways as armor typical of its type (armor bonus, maximum Dexterity bonus, arcane spell failure chance, and so on).

They take the armor check penalty for a normal suit of that type of armor. And if they aren't proficient instant armor does not grant them proficiency. The armor wouldn't be treated as masterwork until it was at least +1 from the spell.