Armour Specialisation Feat - where?

[Malin Genie]

Just a quick question - I saw a reference to an "Armour Specialisation" Feat in a character writeup. From what I could tell, it seemed to give +2 to AC when wearing a particular kind of armour, although I'm not sure what the prerequisites were. In which sourcebook(s) is this Feat located?

Thanks in advance!

 

[The LMS]

The Warmain class gets this ability at 12th lvl. They can be found in Monte Cooke's Arcana Unearthed.

if they specialize in light armor it only gives a +1 bonus by the way.

 

[Malin Genie]

This was a 6th level fighter I saw with the Feat....so presumably there must be more than one version out there?

 

[UltimaGabe]

I believe that feat was in Oriental Adventures.

 

[Hypersmurf]

You can also find an Armor Specialization feat in Mongoose's Gladiator and The Quintessential Fighter, which provides a +1 competence bonus to AC when wearing Light, Medium, or Heavy armor (chosen when you take the feat), or an Armor Focus feat in AEG's Rokugan sourcebook, which provides a +2 Dodge bonus to AC when wearing a specific type of armor.

-Hyp.

 

[Malin Genie]

I believe that feat was in Oriental Adventures.

Nope! (Just checked in my copy..."Art of Fascination" is the first Feat listed ^_^)

 

[Scharlata]

In which sourcebook(s) is this Feat located?

Hi!

Not that I can pinpoint the original location of this:...

ARMOR SPECIALIZATION [General] (Web)

This allows the character to have better than normal mobility in armor.

Requirements: Proficiency in one type of armor (light, medium, or heavy)

Benefit: The character picks one type of armor (plate, splint, etc.); in that suit the character suffers speed penalties as a group one less (for example full plate is treated as a medium armor). The character also gets to ignore the maximum Dex bonus column and while he is wearing that one type of armor [and] the character suffers no arcane spell failure checks.

Special: A fighter may buy this as a bonus feat.

...but I think I found it in a netbook or something. I apologize for not being able to quote the original editor.

This feat is 3.0, mind you!

Kind regards

 

[Bauglir]

That feat looks horrendously broken to me. Given its existence I can see very little reason why everyone (including wizards) wouldn't be running around in full plate.

YMMV ofc

 

[Hypersmurf]

That feat looks horrendously broken to me.

Netbook.

'nuff said.

-Hyp.

 

[Gort]

Yep. I couldn't imagine a fighter who wouldn't take this. (bar the ones who don't wear armour, natch) Clerics too. I suppose the idea is that the other feats in the netbook are broken enough to make them as desirable.