Kyton Chainmail Shirt vs Spiked Armor

[SterlingEdge]

Kyton Chainmail Shirt seems way too good to be true for 500 gold. Am I missing something or is this in line for 500g? What price seems like a actual price?

Taken from the "Wonderous Items, Armor Made From Monster Hides"
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Kyton Chainmail Shirt
500 gold
Armor bonus +4
Max dex +5
Armor check penalty –1
Arcane spell failure 20%
Movement 30 ft./20 ft.
weight 20
Special: Deals 1d4+1 dmg verses oppenents who grapple, natural or close attacks.

So, for 500 gold, you no longer have to make a grapple attack, removes the penalty of being a martial weapon, and does damage to attackers making grapple, natural, and close attacks.

Spiked armor
50 gold
Armor bonus: As Armor
Max dex: As Armor
Armor check penalty: As Armor
Arcane spell failure: As Armor
Movement: As Armor
weight: As Armor
Special: Deals 1d4(S) 1d6(M) dmg on a successful grapple attack, counts as a martial weapon.

[The Morphling]

Could you provide us a link to the item in question? I'm unable to find it.

[Marc Radle]

He is referring to Wondrous Items: Armor Made from Monster Hides from Kobold Press

I think he mistakenly posted here and then posted again in the correct product thread once he realized.

I'll flag this thread as being a duplicate ...

[Imbicatus]

Wearing the hide of a race of shadow chain demons seems like a good way to invite attacks from more kytons, people who serve kytons, people who hate kytons, and so on.

Edit: didn't realize it was 3rd party.

[SterlingEdge]

I posted it in both places, in the advice forum so I can get advice on the costing and usability, and on the product page to get the developers input on costing out the build.

I encountered 3 Kytons a few months ago and just happened to keep all their chains. So if I can get this past my GM I will be getting on this train.