Any armor with more then +8 dex allowed?

[Shadeus]

Armor of the Celestial Battalion: This+7 chainmail is so fine and light that it can be worn under normal clothing without revealing its presence. It has a maximum Dexterity bonus of +10, no armor check penalty, and an arcane spell failure chance of 10%. It is considered light armor, and it allows the wearer to fly at will (as the fly spell). Furthermore, the wearer is at all times surrounded by a magic circle against evil effect (as the spell) which, if dispelled, can be created again as a free action.
Caster Level: 20th; Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Epic Magic Arms and Armor, creator must be good, magic circle against evil; Market Price: 616,300 gp; Cost to Create: 308,300 gp + 16,160 XP.

From the Epic Level stuff....

 

[Darklone]

Ah right, you're talking about the chainmail bikini of DOOM, AC +1, max Cha limit 666 and made from mithral... ?

Soft leather armor made from mithral. Nice idea.

 

[Laurel]

Go with "Bondleaf Wrap", from "Arms and Equipment" :
1000 gp
Armor Bonus +1
Max Dex Bonus -
Armor Check Penalty -
Arcane Spell Failure -
2 lb

It is one big leaf that grows in the skin in 24 hours and thereafter feeds on the host ... it only gives 1 AC, but with no maxdex.

HA! I love it! The charachter is a druid/ranger so even though only +1 AC I may have to go with this!!!!! And the bonus can keep going up without penalty awesome!!

THANK YOU!!!!

 

[Chun-tzu]

There's an armor enhancement in the Complete Book of Eldritch Might. For a +1, the "grace" enhancement removes the max Dex bonus to armor. (You have to take another enhancement, Maneuvering, to change the armor check penalty, though.)

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Soft leather armor made from mithral. Nice idea.

I didn't say it worked for *every* armor, and, besides, I deliberately left that part of your post out of my quote, because I wasn't replying to it.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Gnomish Twistcloth, from Races of Stone, has a +1 armor bonus and no max Dex. It requires a feat to use properly, and the flavour text is something like "you twist around an avoid attacks," so the armor and magic bonuses apply against touch and incorporeal attacks.

 

[Darklone]

I didn't say it worked for *every* armor, and, besides, I deliberately left that part of your post out of my quote, because I wasn't replying to it.

I know and didn't want to offend you

But ... but ... chainmail bikini!

 

[Brekki]

HA! I love it! The charachter is a druid/ranger so even though only +1 AC I may have to go with this!!!!! And the bonus can keep going up without penalty awesome!!

THANK YOU!!!!

Glad I could help. Used it myself with a pretty high level assassin who needed something to put "fortification" on ... and bracers were already occupied ... the minimal AC boost wasn't a problem then.

 

[Felix]

I take it mithril padded armor wouldn't pass muster?

 

[Branok]

There was an armor special ability somewhere that increased or nullified the maximum dex limit...

Nimbleness: This type of armor feels lighter and less restrictive than other armors of its type. While the actual weight is unchanged, the Maximum Dexterity bonus increases by +2, and the armor check penalty decreases by 1. Caster Level 8th; Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, cat's grace; Market Price: +1 bonus.

This in FR Magic of Faerûn. I'ts pretty balanced and the party ranger always goes for it, usually with a mithril chainshirt, to get the most out of that +8 Dex they get later on, and it isn't that expensive, just 5,250 gp, which isn't bad for getting a potential +13 to your AC, which is much cheaper than getting an equivalent +4 Full-plate (which cashes in at 17,500 gp). Of course, if you go all the way, you get the +5 nimble mithril chainshirt, which grants you a +17 (+5 magic, +4 armor, +8 Dex) to AC (at 37,250 gp), or a +5 nimble mithril full-plate that gives you a +18 (+5 magic, +5 Dex, +8 armor) to AC (at 46,650 gp).
When you get right down to it, the walking tea-pot will be better in the long run, but it's only good for PC's with relatively low Dex bonuses (just 20 or 21 ), while the first option is good for elf rangers that by level 10 will obviously already have their gloves of dexterity +4 to get their Dex to 26 (18, +4 enhancement, +2 racial, +2 ability increases at 4th and 8th level).

Well, those were my two copper pieces (actually more like two gold pieces, but what the heck).