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I'm looking at a haramaki (or silken ceremonial armor) for my kensai magus.
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I like to use special materials since it makes the character seem more unique and alive to me.
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The only 3 special materials that seem applicable and useful are dragon hide (the armor is immune 1 energy and 25% cost reduce to add that energy resistance to armor), eel hide (for a elec resist of 2), or griffon mane (for a +2 to fly checks).
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The griffon mane also gives a 10% discount on future magic enhancement cost that give the flying capability. But I can't find an armor enhancement that gives flying, so that doesn't really gain me anything.
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Since energy resistance is not a weapon enhancement I am likely to add anyway and I have never had any armor damaged by energy, I don't think the dragon hide will gain me all that much.
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Anything wrong with an eel hide haramaki (or silken ceremonial armor) or is there some other material I should consider?
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{ This is for PFS if it matters. }
.Anything wrong with an eel hide haramaki (or silken ceremonial armor) or is there some other material I should consider?
PFS must follow rules, and you can't make a haramaki out of eel hide or dragonhide.
You may be able to make it from Griffon Mane if the DM considers silk a cloth.
You can make it out of darkleaf cloth, since you can make clothing out of darkleaf cloth.
I would say you could make a haramaki out of any of the PFS legal metals as well, since its description says it is lined with chainmail. If you want it to be really special, make a mithral lined darkleaf cloth haramaki.
Well, I might. But since those both just serve to make it lighter and it already weighs very little, probably not.
I suppose I will just go with the griffon mane for the +2 to fly checks once I finally get the spell.
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Hiramaki is a primarily metal armor. The protection comes from the metal woven into the silk. It's like brig armor (both the large plate or the small plate which studded leather is probably suppose to be since soft leather with JUST studs isn't armor at all...it's a fashion statement for the living challenged...and fans). That is why studded leather in the GMG is listed as metal armor for special material.
Silk is a cloth, James. Cloth, textile, fabric.
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What is your kensai's flavor? Is he a dervish dancing dex magus? Is he a high-strength magus using his intelligence to make up for his relatively low dex? Is he a skill monkey magus? Its important for flavor. For instance, a magus wielding a scimitar while spinning around the battlefield might prefer mithral chain with darkleaf cloth to make it easier for his "dance". If he has a higher strength and is proud of his combat prowess, he might prefer something like dragonhide armor flavored to be the flesh of a dragon he killed with his bare hands. It all depends on flavor.
What is your kensai's flavor? ... It all depends on flavor.
High strength and high intelligence kensai, uses wand wielder and wand of true strike with a whip to disarm and trip everything. Laughs at them lying on the ground defenseless.
For some reason, I thought I remembered reading that you could use leather (dragon or eel hide) in 'cloth' type armors. But I can't find it now. So that may have just been wishful thinking.
They are already very light so don't really need the weight reduced. But I may make it out of mithral just for style reasons.
Or maybe I'll use the griffon mane for the +2 to those rare flying checks.