I'm converting Starfinder's first AP over into Pathfinder and decided that turning tempweave armour into an enchanted Traveler's outfit would be the way to go. However, I can find no information on making enchanted clothes. I want to add endure elements to the clothes, as this most closely mirrors the tempweave as I have researched. Also, enchanted clothes will give the PCs an interesting armour option, as essentially this will replace an armour item in my house rules. Endure elements is not on the "permanent" spell list, either. How much would it cost to make endure elements permanent? How would you determine the cost of making such an item? If there is official cannon on the Emperor's New Clothes, that would be great; I would happily buy the ruleset.
Thanks!
Great! I have that book as part of a Humble Bundle I purchased years ago. I will certainly have a boo. Thanks!
I looked through the last bit of the magic items section on crafting your own magic items. Not an overly inspiring part of the Core Book--it's really lacking. Anyway, I decided that to have enchanted clothes, you would have to have masterwork clothes. I added +150 gp to the cost of a basic set of clothes. Thematically, this represents special fabrics that take to enchantments, whereas normal cotton etc. won't. I decided that it would take up the armour slot, just to keep things balanced.
My setting of choice is Eberron, and it makes sense that enchanted clothes would be an item available for purchase in large cities. Not everyone runs around in armour. Magewrights who are tailors would offer enchanted clothes for purchase.
Hmm...I have a copy of the Eberron core book that I've never really delved into, despite having it since it came out (it was a gift from a friend). I run homebrew only but I'm not ashamed to cherry pick things from any source I come across.
I've personally allowed special enchanted clothes for some time, and like you plan on doing, they take up the armor slot, but they don't count as armor (similar to how Bracers of Armor don't count as armor).
The one's I usually run with are specially made items costing 500gp and have an armor value of +0, and they are always worn over all other clothing. I've used things similar to a mozzetta, monastic scapular, and shawls to represent these sorts of things.
The rules for Bracers of Armor are all you need here. Which are actually just the rules for armor.
Bonus squared × 1,000gp
+3 greatcoat? 9,000gp
+2 ballgown of heavy fortification? 49,000g
Adding things like Endure Elements is a little trickier, but the rules for creating your own magic items should work just fine: spell level × caster level × 2,000 = 1 × 1 × 2,000 = 2,000 / 2 for a 24-hour duration = 1,000gp
Though I'd say 500 would probably be a decent price. Especially if you charge the 50% premium for multiple abilities.
There are two routes to go for enchanting clothes. One is wondrous items, which take up an item slot on the body (probably the BODY slot if it's a full outfit). The other is the Silken Ceremonial Armor, which takes the ARMOR slot.
Remember that using armor, even armor with no non-magical benefit, means that the wearer needs armor proficiency and loses any benefits of being unarmored. In particular this would prove problematic for the Monk class. It also raises the cost, since the enhancement bonus to AC is mandatory and always counts as the primary effect of the armor; any spell effects added to armor cost 1.5x the recommended price for that ability alone.
In the case of Endure Elements, adding it to a body slot wondrous item would cost 1000 GP (plus the non-magical garment base price) as Quixote described. Since the item isn't a weapon or armor, masterwork is not required. Adding the same enchantment to armor means starting with a masterwork armor, adding at least +1 enhancement bonus, then adding the Endure Elements. That's a minimum cost of 2650 GP (total 2680 GP using Silken Ceremonial +1 Armor of Endure Elements).
I'm looking at Ultimate Equipment, and most of the slotted misc. magic items are clothing of some sort. Your application would take up the body slot. Sounds like a robe of adaptation in outfit form. A hot weather outfit costs 8gp. Add masterwork component, the cost of a necklace of adaptation, and then subtract the cost of a platinum necklace.
What you are making is more temperature resistance and less gas resistant, but they might be comparable.
I'm looking in the starfinder core rulebook and have yet to find tempweave.