Field Plate Typo?

[Aspasia de Malagant]

Maybe I'm off base here, but it really seems to me that the description of Field Plate and it's stats do not match up.

Spoiler:

Field Plate: This heavy armor is similar to full plate but lighter in construction, sacrificing a bit of protection for greater flexibility and mobility.

Then --> Field Plate: 1,200gp, +7 AC, +1 Dex, –5 Armor Check, 35% Spell Failure, 20ft Movement (base 30ft), 15 ft (base 20ft), 50 lbs

Shouldn't it read as follows?

Spoiler:

Field Plate: 1,200gp, +8 AC, +2 Dex, -5 Armor Check, 35% Spell Failure, 20ft Movement (base 30ft), 15ft (base 20ft), 45 lbs

[Charles Markley]

Dang, this was never answered.

[Vod Canockers]

PFSRD wrote:

Field plate is effectively the same as masterwork banded mail. You can purchase masterwork field plate.

PRD wrote:

Masterwork Armor

Just as with weapons, you can purchase or craft masterwork versions of armor or shields. Such a well-made item functions like the normal version, except that its armor check penalty is lessened by 1.

Then we have. So where is the problem?

PFSRD wrote:

Banded mail 250 gp +7 +1 –6 35% 20 ft.2 15 ft.2 35 lbs. CRB

Field Plate 1,200 gp +7 +1 -5 35% 20 ft.2 15 ft.2 50 lbs. ISWG
Full plate 1,500 gp +9 +1 –6 35% 20 ft.2 15 ft.2 50 lbs. CRB

Unless the PFSRD has missed a change.

[dark78660]

Well lets take a look
First "This heavy armor is similar to full plate but lighter in construction" now I can see how people can think this is weight but lighter in construction refers to how its made not its weight.

Full plate: 1,500 gp, +9 AC, +1 Dex, -6 Armor Check, 35% Spell Failure, 20 ft (base 30ft) 15 ft (base 20ft) 50 lbs.
Field Plate: 1,200 gp, +7 AC, +1 Dex, -5 Armor Check, 35% Spell Failure, 20 ft (base 30ft) 15 ft (base 20ft) 50 lbs.

Field plate grants 2 less to AC than Full Plate "sacrificing a bit of protection"

and its Armor Check Penealty is reduced by 1 "greater flexibility and mobility"

I hope this clears up this issue.

[Bizbag]

Considering every medium and heavy armor received an increase of 1 to their Armor bonus in the CRB (compared to 3.5), I'd ask your GM to rule that Field Plate get the same treatment; its original "place" in the armor chain bridged the gap between Half Plate (+7 AC, +0 Dex) and Full Plate (+8 AC, +1 Dex), appropriately at a cost between the two. Unedited, Field Plate is essentially paying 950 gold for Banded Mail with 1 ACP better.

I'd wager this was a development oversight.