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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 4184538" data-attributes="member: 1656">I'm saying that Bracers of Armor are priced correctly, period, because that's the price in the book.I'm saying that the Cloak of Mage Armor is only priced correctly if it's priced the same as +4 Bracers of Armor, because +4 Bracers of Armor are the most similar already-existing item (effectively identical, in fact).If you consider the Bracers part of an outfit of regular clothing, then for the purposes of the Magic Vestment spell, they provide no armor bonus.  That's what the Magic Vestment spell says to do with an outfit of regular clothing.So while your 'outfit of regular clothing', including the Bracers, grants an armor bonus of, say, +6, the Magic Vestment spell applies a +3 (say) enhancement bonus to "no armor bonus", because the spell text defines the armor bonus of an outfit of regular clothing as "no armor bonus".Because you're applying the enhancement bonus to a different armor bonus (or rather, 'no armor bonus'), you end up with your 'outfit of regular clothing' providing two armor bonuses - the original +6, and the enhanced 'no armor bonus' granting a total of +3.  Two armor bonuses don't stack, and you're left with your original +6 from the Bracers.Which is the same result you'd get by wearing Bracers and casting Magic Vestment on your clothes without trying to finesse things by claiming the Wondrous Item is just part of your clothes.-Hyp.</blockquote>