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Howdy. So I am building a Fighter / Wizard, going into Hellknight Signifer (Page 28 of Paths of Prestige, link to the srd HERE). The original thought for the character was very hellknight based. Shadow conjurer and illusionist, great at obtaining information through intimidation, could wield a sword with a fair amount of proficiency. Now I've got a different thought however. I recently came across the item Folding Plate, link HERE, and it got me to thinking. Specifically, Iron Man. If I were to pay the ritual cost to make the folding plate my arcane bonded object, would it only be considered "worn" when it was in amulet form, or would I still be able to cast spells without the concentration check when it unfolded?
I do understand that there are better ways to make an "Iron Man" character than a fighter 1, wizard 5, Hellknight Signifer x, but I've already got the "Smash you in the face" version of the Hellknight from the Inner Sea World Guide. I love the concept of Hellknights in general, and wish to have the spellcaster version as well.
Also, while I'm at it, can you pay additional gold to make named objects out of a special material? In this case, I would be wanting to spend 9k more in order to make it a Mithral Folding Plate.
Howdy. So I am building a Fighter / Wizard, going into Hellknight Signifer (Page 28 of Paths of Prestige, link to the srd HERE). The original thought for the character was very hellknight based. Shadow conjurer and illusionist, great at obtaining information through intimidation, could wield a sword with a fair amount of proficiency. Now I've got a different thought however. I recently came across the item Folding Plate, link HERE, and it got me to thinking. Specifically, Iron Man. If I were to pay the ritual cost to make the folding plate my arcane bonded object, would it only be considered "worn" when it was in amulet form, or would I still be able to cast spells without the concentration check when it unfolded?
I do understand that there are better ways to make an "Iron Man" character than a fighter 1, wizard 5, Hellknight Signifer x, but I've already got the "Smash you in the face" version of the Hellknight from the Inner Sea World Guide. I love the concept of Hellknights in general, and wish to have the spellcaster version as well.
Also, while I'm at it, can you pay additional gold to make named objects out of a special material? In this case, I would be wanting to spend 9k more in order to make it a Mithral Folding Plate.
It would be considered 'worn' in either state. The item write up actually states it takes up two differing slots depending on which state it is in. This also means however you are down a 'slot' when using this item, no neck item for you.
If this is for PFS, you are unable to alter 'named' or 'specific' magic items.
For a home game I imagine most GMs would let it slide. The concept isn't min maxed and what you want to do is essentially a 'quality of life' adjustment. Sometimes the rules are rough on certain concepts, wanting mithril armor on your battle caster concept doesn't seem like it is something that would get an eye brow raised.
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Howdy. So I am building a Fighter / Wizard, going into Hellknight Signifer (Page 28 of Paths of Prestige, link to the srd HERE). The original thought for the character was very hellknight based. Shadow conjurer and illusionist, great at obtaining information through intimidation, could wield a sword with a fair amount of proficiency. Now I've got a different thought however. I recently came across the item Folding Plate, link HERE, and it got me to thinking. Specifically, Iron Man. If I were to pay the ritual cost to make the folding plate my arcane bonded object, would it only be considered "worn" when it was in amulet form, or would I still be able to cast spells without the concentration check when it unfolded?
I do understand that there are better ways to make an "Iron Man" character than a fighter 1, wizard 5, Hellknight Signifer x, but I've already got the "Smash you in the face" version of the Hellknight from the Inner Sea World Guide. I love the concept of Hellknights in general, and wish to have the spellcaster version as well.
Also, while I'm at it, can you pay additional gold to make named objects out of a special material? In this case, I would be wanting to spend 9k more in order to make it a Mithral Folding Plate.
It would be considered 'worn' in either state. The item write up actually states it takes up two differing slots depending on which state it is in. This also means however you are down a 'slot' when using this item, no neck item for you.
If this is for PFS, you are unable to alter 'named' or 'specific' magic items.
For a home game I imagine most GMs would let it slide. The concept isn't min maxed and what you want to do is essentially a 'quality of life' adjustment. Sometimes the rules are rough on certain concepts, wanting mithril armor on your battle...
This actually is for PFS, so that's a bummer I can't mithral it (though really there isn't a good reason why not -- it'd fold just the same if it's steel or if it's mithral, I'd imagine. Oh well). Looks like I'll just need to mithral a set of hellknight plate instead. Thanks for the answer.