Arcanists Armour Proeficiency


Pathfinder First Edition General Discussion


Ok, basically i read that the best clothes to get in early game is Haramaki (+1 AC, 0% spell failure for 3 gp)
But is Haramaki light armour so my Arcanist isn't Proeficiency whit it.
It's that rigth or im forgeting something?

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It's right, BUT since harameki has no ACP, there are no penalties for not being proficient


Val'bryn2 wrote:
It's right, BUT since harameki has no ACP, there are no penalties for not being proficient

Aaah, ookey thanks for helping. I was searching all over the forum to get it.

XD


A mithral buckler is similar, though a little more expensive. It has no armor check or spell failure, so there is no penalty for wearing it.

Mage armor is still a pretty great spell though and will be your go to armor for a lot of levels. The haramaki is just a backup, until you can get it up to +3 enhancement bonus.


Melkiador wrote:
Mage armor is still a pretty great spell though and will be your go to armor for a lot of levels. The haramaki is just a backup, until you can get it up to +3 enhancement bonus.

I'd use the haramaki not for the enhancement bonusses nor as a back-up, but for armor magical special abilities. Since mage armor (especially at 8+ lvls is active the entire day), your haramaki provides the special abilities and your mage armor the armor bonus (unless you've got the GP to make the haramaki a +10 armor [+5 armor bonus and +5 abilities]).


In my experience, lot of DMs won’t let you benefit from both because of the stacking rules on bracers of armor.


If you add an armed kilt to the Haramaki and make the whole thing mithril it works out to the following stats

Cost: 1,023 gp
AC: +2
Max Dex: +8
Armor Check Penalty: 0
Arcane Spell Failure: 0%
Armor Proficiency Required: Medium armor
Movement Penalty: Light armor

between getting this and a mithril buckler once you make one of them a +1 you are already at the same level of protection that mage armor provides. The only down side is the max dex, but at +8 you probably aren't hitting that cap at low levels.

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