Friend's considering a gestalt campaign, maniac that he is.
I'm considering going with a Paladin/Monk mashup for the first half, then sliding into a Champion of Irori in the second half, if I can figure out what the Hell to do with it.
Question is, how would the Monk's AC restrictions work against the Legate Paladin's (Armor Master's Handbook pg. 6) Celestial Armour abiity?
So let's look.
Celestial armour wrote: At 3rd level, a legate can conjure armor as a standard action. This ability acts as the spell instant armor (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player’s Guide 229), using her paladin level as her caster level, except as follows... What follows is systematic improvement options for that instant armour spell, which replaces successive levels of the mercy feature.
So we need to go to the spell.
Instant armour wrote: You instantly wrap your body in a suit of armor made from opaque force. At your option, the armor can be decorated with your religion’s holy symbol in a prominent place, such as upon the breastplate or helm. While it exists, this armor replaces any garments or other sort of armor worn, magical as well as mundane. You lose access to, and all benefits from, armor replaced by this spell until the spell ends and the instant armor disappears.
Instant armor acts in all ways as armor typical of its type (armor bonus, maximum Dexterity bonus, arcane spell failure chance, and so on). Since instant armor is made of force, incorporeal creatures can’t bypass it the way they do normal armor. The sort of armor you can create with this spell depends on your caster level.
Even though the armour is made of force, it has all of the other attributes of true armour; as such, you unfortunately do suppress your monk bonuses to AC and movement, your ability to flurry, and your evasion.
Gestalt legate/monk... might not be the best path.
Depending on how attached you are to the monk features, perhaps you could gestalt Iroran paladin with something?
Sandslice wrote: So let's look.
Celestial armour wrote: At 3rd level, a legate can conjure armor as a standard action. This ability acts as the spell instant armor (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player’s Guide 229), using her paladin level as her caster level, except as follows... What follows is systematic improvement options for that instant armour spell, which replaces successive levels of the mercy feature.
So we need to go to the spell.
Instant armour wrote: You instantly wrap your body in a suit of armor made from opaque force. At your option, the armor can be decorated with your religion’s holy symbol in a prominent place, such as upon the breastplate or helm. While it exists, this armor replaces any garments or other sort of armor worn, magical as well as mundane. You lose access to, and all benefits from, armor replaced by this spell until the spell ends and the instant armor disappears.
Instant armor acts in all ways as armor typical of its type (armor bonus, maximum Dexterity bonus, arcane spell failure chance, and so on). Since instant armor is made of force, incorporeal creatures can’t bypass it the way they do normal armor. The sort of armor you can create with this spell depends on your caster level.
Even though the armour is made of force, it has all of the other attributes of true armour; as such, you unfortunately do suppress your monk bonuses to AC and movement, your ability to flurry, and your evasion.
Gestalt legate/monk... might not be the best path.
Depending on how attached you are to the monk features, perhaps you could gestalt Iroran paladin with something?
Yeah, that was my first idea, but I liked the puff of the Legate, thought I'd do something different.
And if I were honest, this was my...fourth idea?
But dang, alright, guess I'll switch over to the Iroran Paladin.
Thanks for catching that, really.
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