Ghost Touch natural armor


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Can't find this asked anywhere, at all, so here goes.

Is there any way to get Ghost Touch or some equivalent to apply to natural armor? I have a character going that relies mainly on a beefy natural armor bonus, but have been struggling against incorporeal opponents. Short of making some custom item, is there any way to do this? Not worried about PFS legality, and all 3rd party stuff is welcome. Second, would turning myself ethereal allow applying natural armor?


Becoming ethereal "reverses polarity" with respect to being ethereal or material; it doesn't actually have any effect on what incorporeal creatures can do. This is because, unlike D&D, Pathfinder distinguishes incorporeal from ethereal.

So if you're ethereal, a "material incorporeal" enemy can't hurt you, unless it can do so across the ethereal barrier (such as with a force or abjuration spell.) You're likewise hindered in fighting back. However, an "ethereal incorporeal" enemy could affect you, and impose the same kind of problem.

Ghost touch natural armour items... don't exist as far as I've been able to tell.


I'm assuming you're asking this because your character isn't wearing armour?

You can get the Ghost Touch enchantment added to Bracers of Armour.


Thank you for the answers. For now at least, Bracers of Armor with any sort of enchant are quite out of reach of our low level characters. I am already wearing a breastplate, and I'll get that enchanted eventually, but (using the admittedly very janky 3pp shifting feats) my natural armor bonus is higher than that, and can be applied to touch AC, so I was hoping to make more use of it in different situations.

Related question, is there a way to protect against something like the Wisdom damage from an Allip's touch? Got my 8 Wis character knocked straight out of the fight from two max-damage attacks.


Ring of Inner Fortitude comes to mind, but it is very expensive.

Sovereign Court

Not exactly what you are looking for, but excellent for when incorporeals pop up unexpectedly is an Elixir of Spirit Sight. Depending on your class (ie, alchemist/investigator), it can be REALLY good to have on hand.

My 6 str fox 'fighter' eventually got the inner fortitude ring. It was a really satisfying when the GM says that the monster deals 2 str damage and I get to reply "not all of that seems to go through" mimicking how he usually respond to enemies having an unknown DR.

Alternatively, turn into something that can't take ability damage, ie Skinsend.


A potion of lesser restoration in a wrist sheath isn't a guarantee of recovery from an allip's touch but it could be a lifesaver in the right situation.

Shadow Lodge

Likewise a Potion of Mage Armor or Shield of Faith helps a lot.


Orodhen wrote:

I'm assuming you're asking this because your character isn't wearing armour?

You can get the Ghost Touch enchantment added to Bracers of Armour.

Bracers of armor wrote:
Bracers of armor surround the wearer with an invisible but tangible field of force

I don't think the bracers need the ghost touch property.

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