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<blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 1555390" data-attributes="member: 6875">There are armors out there that don't have arcane failure.&nbsp; Heck, Bracers of Armor come to mind.&nbsp; There are also armor enhancements, and even Prestige Class abilities, that work nicely if you want an armored spellcaster.&nbsp; For example, an Elven Wizard/Bladesinger wearing Halfweight Full Plate +5 doesn't even have to worry about ANY other means of reducing ASF.&nbsp; (Halfweight is from Underdark, and any armor so enhanced, counts as Light armor; the Bladesinger has no ASF when wearing light armor).&nbsp; That's a +12 armor bonus, for a +6 market price (37,650gp total cost).&nbsp; Or, you could have (as mentioned previously) a Twilight Mithril Chain Shirt +5, which has an ASF of 0%, and an armor bonus of +9, for 37,250gp (market price +6).&nbsp; Twilight is from the Book of Exalted Deeds and reduces ASF by 10%.&nbsp; On top of all that, there's always a Twilight Heavy Mithril Shield +5, which costs 37,170gp for another +7 AC.&nbsp; A wizard wearing the shirt, with the shield, has an AC of 26, plus dexterity modifier.&nbsp; The Bladesinger has an AC of 29 plus dexterity modifier - and being an elf, VERY likely has such a modifier (hence he may wish to pay extra, for the armor to be made of Mithril).&nbsp; Underdark, by the by, has other armors (expensive ones) with extremely low inherent ASF: Nightscale, for example, costs 1,000gp for a +2 armor, +10 max dex, 0 Armor Check penalty, and only 5% ASF.&nbsp; Twilight that, and it's even a bit of overkill.&nbsp; Spidersilk armor (750gp, +3 armor, +8 max dex, -1 ACP, 10% ASF) with Twilight might be even better.&nbsp; And there were/are armors from the Arms and Equipment guide with low (or NO) ASF, too.&nbsp; Moon Ivy is probably the best of those, if money is no object; it costs 16,000gp (base, more if you get one of the special options!), has a +6 max dex, no ACP at all, and only 10% ASF.&nbsp; And to top it off, it's ALIVE, so it's not bypassed by Brilliant Energy weapons (neat!).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pax, post: 1555390, member: 6875"] There are armors out there that don't have arcane failure. Heck, [i]Bracers of Armor[/i] come to mind. There are also armor enhancements, and even Prestige Class abilities, that work nicely if you want an armored spellcaster. For example, an Elven Wizard/Bladesinger wearing [i]Halfweight Full Plate +5[/i] doesn't even have to worry about ANY other means of reducing ASF. ([i]Halfweight[/i] is from Underdark, and any armor so enhanced, counts as Light armor; the Bladesinger has no ASF when wearing light armor). That's a +12 armor bonus, for a +6 market price (37,650gp total cost). Or, you could have (as mentioned previously) a [i]Twilight Mithril Chain Shirt +5[/i], which has an ASF of 0%, and an armor bonus of +9, for 37,250gp (market price +6). [i]Twilight[/i] is from the Book of Exalted Deeds and reduces ASF by 10%. On top of all that, there's always a [i]Twilight Heavy Mithril Shield +5[/i], which costs 37,170gp for another +7 AC. A wizard wearing the shirt, with the shield, has an AC of 26, plus dexterity modifier. The Bladesinger has an AC of 29 plus dexterity modifier - and being an elf, VERY likely has such a modifier (hence he may wish to pay extra, for the armor to be made of Mithril). Underdark, by the by, has other armors (expensive ones) with extremely low inherent ASF: Nightscale, for example, costs 1,000gp for a +2 armor, +10 max dex, 0 Armor Check penalty, and only 5% ASF. Twilight [b]that[/b], and it's even a bit of overkill. Spidersilk armor (750gp, +3 armor, +8 max dex, -1 ACP, 10% ASF) with Twilight might be even better. And there were/are armors from the Arms and Equipment guide with low (or NO) ASF, too. Moon Ivy is probably the best of those, if money is no object; it costs 16,000gp (base, more if you get one of the special options!), has a +6 max dex, no ACP at all, and only 10% ASF. And to top it off, it's ALIVE, so it's not bypassed by Brilliant Energy weapons (neat!). [/QUOTE]

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