how did the dm put you in the armor?
The question is did he make thr armor available and chose to wear it, or was it mandates that you wear it?
What armor does the paladin wear? Maybe he'd like what you have.
i play an alchemist/fighter. anyways i started playing this character and it slipped right pass me but the dm put me in full plate armor. so i am a full metal alchemist >.> did my dm just make my character Alphonse Elric. anyways i have been trying to get rid of the full plate armor since day one since i am an agile ranged combatant and the full plate is slowing me down.....? anyways it's Elysium bronze full plate armor. i wana know if
1.) can i use my crafting skills to remake all that full-plate armor into a different kind of armor.
or
2.) get rid of most of the armor and just keep breastplate and the gauntlet and have it still function?
or
3.) do a bit of 1 and 2 and come up with something better?
or am i just being a fool and just shut up and play an archer alchemist in full-plate armor with 14 str?
Well lets look at the description for full plate:
"This metal suit includes gauntlets, heavy leather boots, a visored helmet, and a thick layer of padding that is worn underneath the armor. Each suit of full plate must be individually fitted to its owner by a master armorsmith..."
So the reason that full plate is so heavy, and encumbering, and protective, is in fact because its made up of various different components. At the very least, taking it most of it off might resemble some sort of medium/light armor. I would ask the GM, if at the very least removing most of the armor could yield something like an armored coat for you to wear. Maybe even a breastplate.
Hell, you can even argue that the "thick layer of padding like the 5 Gp padded armor. If you have high enough Dex, that might provide some Dex AC for you.
Overall however, I am vastly confused as to why the GM would force you to wear/use something your character doesn't want. Pathfinder, or dnd in general, is all about character freedom and the agency to allow players to do what they want to do within the confines of the rules. In a friendly tabletop setting those rules might even get a little more lenient.
Maybe before or after the session, approach your GM 1 on 1 and explain that while your character might have really good AC, wearing the Full plate is REALLY handicapping your character on the intentions and functionality.
This is the same point of view of somehow forcing a wizard into full plate... The arcane spell failure chance would mean he would risk fudging up his spells consistently. Or also like forcing a druid to wear metal armor. It just doesn't make sense.
Now if the full plate was cursed... that might be a totally different thing... But you shouldn't bring that up a possibility unless this GM might consider such lengths to handicap your character.
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What is it about the full plate that is bothering you?
The only disadvantages of wearing full plate are the movement penalty (which for most purposes is the same as medium armor, unless you are running), and the armor check penalty (which isn't likely to cause you too many problems unless you are a roguish, skill-based character). If you are focusing on the armor check penalty, the difference between full plate (-6) and a breastplate (-4) is pretty minimal, and your armor class is almost certainly going to be better in the full plate.
Mobility and ranged characters don't mix particularly well in Pathfinder: if you are maximizing your efficiency as an archer, you want to NOT move anymore than absolutely necessary, so that you can full attack nearly every round.
What is it that you don't like about the plate?