Evil caster help

[Jmacc]

Recently made an evil caster. Gestalt lvl 1 Necromancer / Cleric

I have 500 gp to spend. But have never made a 1st level caster. What is the standard Armor / Cloak that 1st level casters would buy. Mythril CHain is out of the price range. Any advise? I can always just buy the bare minimum for adventuring supplies and then at lvl 2 or 3 hopefully have enough for something good. Any ideas there? Is there something really sweet that is a must have at a little higher level?

[Corsair]

Are you concerned about arcane spell failure? If not, chainmail or a breastplate is the way to go, depending on your dexterity.

[StreamOfTheSky]

Might want to save up for later; either mithral (and/or) twilight armor and shield (buckler). Alternatively, eternal wands of mage armor can be quite nice, sadly just out of your price range (820 gp for 2 hours of protection). I'd get something cheap for now, either padded/leather for low arcane spell failure or chainshirt for a little more AC and manageable ASF.

[NewJeffCT]

Originally Posted by Jmacc

Recently made an evil caster. Gestalt lvl 1 Necromancer / Cleric

I have 500 gp to spend. But have never made a 1st level caster. What is the standard Armor / Cloak that 1st level casters would buy. Mythril CHain is out of the price range. Any advise? I can always just buy the bare minimum for adventuring supplies and then at lvl 2 or 3 hopefully have enough for something good. Any ideas there? Is there something really sweet that is a must have at a little higher level?

Unfortunately, a mithral buckler seems to be out of your price range, but that would be an ideal choice at low levels as it has no chance of arcane spell failure.

[Theroc]

As it is, you're going to be suffering Arcane Spell Failure if you use any sort of armor at all.

With that in mind, I might see if you can get away saving money until you can afford Mithril armor to reduce ASF to at least a mere 5-10%(I'm paranoid and won't use armor if it imposes ASF at all)