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Armour bonuses don't stack so why dothey waste space for those powers?
Is it just there for when your caught without armour?
They're for if you don't want to have to wear armor.
Think about it. If you are wearing a Breastplate, enchanted with +4, you are getting 10 armor from it.
Some Oracles can get better armor just by being Oracles and at level 19, will have +10 armor from their ability. So they can have the same AC as an Oracle who shelled out for +4 Breastplates, and not have to worry about a Max Dex penalty.
I think they can also have some nice effects, like the armor from the Wind mystery that has a built in 50% deflection rate for ranged attacks once you hit 13th level. Also helps avoid armor check penalty or reduced speed from heavy armors.
Plus, cool flavor?
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If only Magical Vestment could be cast on the things...as it stands just shellout for an adamantine breastplate and cast magical vestment.. it gets a better ac faster and DR to boot.
Yes...but you don't have to waste resources on it either. Adamantine Breastplate and Magic Vestments cost money and a spell. The armor abilities don't. That means you can funnel your money into other items and don't have to memorize Magic Vestment every day. Also, the Oracle Armors gain DR as well.
No armor check penalty, no weight, and you can save your cash for other items. Plus, in most cases, rule of cool.
If you are playing a low Str Oracle you aren't going to want to be using more than your minimum load just for a piece of armor that limits your Dex and gives you an armor penalty... even with mithral...
Here's a good comparison.
lvl 13 Oracle of the Heavens.
+2 Mithral Breastplate: AC bonus 8, Max dex 5, armor penalty -1, weight 15 lbs, cost 8,200gp.
Coat of many stars: AC bonus 8, no max dex, no armor penalty, no weight, no cost, and DR 5/slashing. :D
Being an Oracle of Calistria and wearing clothes is just wrong.
If only Magical Vestment could be cast on the things...
Well they provide a armor bonus, magical vest is an enhancement bonus - to they stack.
You can cast magical vestment on your clothes. So if your affaid the revalation runs out you still have a little Ac ...
Interzone: you would be correct all the way until we factor in Muleback Cords. Even at 1.5x cost they are rediculously cheap and virtually negate any problem with carrying capacity.
- Gauss
Elamdri: I guess you missed my point about 1.5x cost. That is so you can wear Muleback cords AND a Cloak of Resistance as one item.
If your GM is ignoring the rules on combining items then just get a Muleback Cord tattoo for 2x the cost. That is slotless.
And before you comment, yes, I know you cannot combine them in PFS.
- Gauss
Even if you use the standard stuff from the book with 'no mods' as you put it Magical Tattoos are slotless and 2x cost which for the Muleback Cords isnt that much.
- Gauss
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Even if you use the standard stuff from the book with 'no mods' as you put it Magical Tattoos are slotless and 2x cost which for the Muleback Cords isnt that much.
- Gauss
...yeah...I have no clue what that is, hahahaha. Is that from one of those softcovers that they sell? Cause that would probably explain it.
Inner Sea Magic
- Gauss
Ahhhh. Well usually the tattoos arent worth it. Then again, I follow the rules regarding item crafting. Stacking items (at 1.5x cost) isn't the same as 'custom' magic items. It is a different section. It is what the basis for the ability score Belts and Headbands. For that matter, that section is used anytime you want to upgrade a +1 sword to a +2 sword.
- Gauss
johnlocke90:
Again, I am not talking about custom items. I am not talking about creating items from spell x. This is a different section.
If you mean that the section on adding new abilities is broken, I haven't seen that but your game, your rules. :)
Just so I can attach a page number here: CRB p553 Adding New Abilities.
- Gauss
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I'll agree it's a handy little rule if you want to say add a Ring of Feather Fall or Sustenance affect to something expensive like a Ring of Freedom of Movement or Evasion, but at the same time, I agree with Johnlocke that there's a lot of room for abuse, and I think that's why every game I've played in has banned the rule (Expect for pre-made items like the headband and belts obviously, as Gauss pointed out).
Armour bonuses don't stack so why dothey waste space for those powers?Is it just there for when your caught without armour?
One nice feature is being able to multiclass into arcane and get an armor bonus.
Wind Oracle / Djinni Sorcerer sounds pretty nice.