How to reach 5% or 0% spell failure with some requirement?


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Hi~ I have a optimized question about the arcane spell failure chance(SFC) to ask.

I currently play a dex build tiefling magus(bladebound/kensai) in a AP campaign, there is any way to let me wear chain shirt(or any better armor) with 5% or 0% SFC?

I currently use mage armor potion, I mentioned chain shirt before because it can be enhance further, either enhancement bonus or special ability(such as Spell Storing).

The celestial armor be made of mithral which only have 5% SFC, but my DM doesn't allow that specific magic armor can be made of special material. The arcane armor training feat cost a swift action, but magus really needs a swift action, besides kensai doesn't have the light armor proficiency.

I don't consider still metamagic rod, because it only have 3 times, but in my experience, in the battle of the day to cast the spell with somatic component is far more than three times.

BTW, my DM doesn't allow 3pp resource neither. So.... this question may be too strict or ask too much, sorry.


1st why do you want to wear armor? As a dex blased magus with canny defense you are going to be pushing dex cap on pretty much any armor you buy particularly once stat boosting items become available

Hellknight Signifier lv3 lets you passively reduce SFC by 5%. Lv8 reduces by another 5%. It has tons of flavor attached so its not for everyone but it is pretty great flavor

Would he allow a researched mage armor greater that gives a higher AC boost?

If you just want special abilities Ceremonial Silk is a cheap armor with no SFC

Bracers of armor at high levels is probably your best bet for an optimized RAW solution. So craft wondrous items would help you get it early


For example, a mithral chain shirt have +4 AC, +6 max dex mod, 10% SFC and can be enhance further. If I can gain a another resource to reduce SFC , it will much stronger than mage armor.

Even I have +8 dex mod with mage armor, it's just only equal to the +2 mithral chain shirt with +6 max dex mod.


There are two armours with 0% ASF, of which the Haramaki is cheapest and lightest. It's also only 1 AC, so that's a bit on the low side.

You could get it up to 4 AC, but you'd probably not like the mess: A double-plated Haramaki with a double-plated Armored Kilt. It's an abomination, and counts as Heavy Armor. But it does have 0% ASF.


Kensai's Canny Defense ability need no armor or light armor.

At present the more feasible method is darkleaf cloth studded leather, it has +3 AC, +7 max dex mod, and 5% SFC.


http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/arcane-armor-training-combat/

As a swift action, reduce the ACP for any armor worn by 10%. Use mithril chain for a 0% ASF for the cost of your swift action each round.

Arcane Armor Mastery reduces the ASF by 20% so you can start using heavier armor.

Giving up the swift action every time you want to cast a spell is a burden but I've got a sorcerer that went this route.


Combat Stamina from Unchained will get around wasting the swift action.


Dastis wrote:
Bracers of armor at high levels is probably your best bet for an optimized RAW solution. So craft wondrous items would help you get it early

Yeah, that's a straightforward solution - I'd use it as a baseline to compare any other approaches to. Bracers of armor +4 comes at 16k, which is not cheap, but means no spell failure, no action cost, no max Dex bonus and no armor penalty. Crafting them yourself reduces the price to 8k. The best version is +8, for a cost of 64k, respective 32k when crafted by yourself.


Arcane spell failure only applies to spells with somatic components. Instead of picking armor and armor feats that won't interfere with your spells, you could pick spells and spell feats.

There aren't a lot of Magus spells with no somatic components, but there are some good ones: Feather Fall, True Strike, Blur, Displacement, Dimension Door, Shout and Teleport, for example. You could also use Spell Blending to grab non-somatic spells like Blindness/Deafness and Suggestion off the wizard list.

Beyond that, you could use the still spell metamagic feat, still arcana, a caster's tattoo and so on to prep and cast spells with no chance of failure.

It's kind of the road less travelled, but then again so is putting armor on a Kensai.

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