How to reduce ACP?

[Occasional Sage]

Hi Playground,

I'm trying to drop my armor check penalty for a warrior build in heavy armor who needs to use lots of skills that are affected by ACP. Other than special materials (mithril et al) and The Giant (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/member.php?u=14856)'s Armor Focus (http://www.giantitp.com/articles/ruIuiKxNerFBCOi5fK8.html), are there feats or dip-able class features that let me do my thing more easily?

Please site the source of things, though page isn't necessary.

Thanks very much!

[Dusk Eclipse]

Mithral... and there are some armors with reduced ACF in races of the wild

[Occasional Sage]

Mithral... and there are some armors with reduced ACF in races of the wild

Races of the Wild is one I don't own; are there heavy armors with low ACP?

[Thurbane]

Dread Commando PrC - Heroes of Battle. Gets increasing reduction to ACP as it levels.

[Boci]

The +1 nimbleness enchantment will increase MDB and reduce the ACP. I believe it is from MIC, but it can be found on crystalkeep.

[Iku Rex]

Heavy Armor Optimization and Greater Heavy Armor Optimization feats from Races of Stone.


(DMGII has the hellforged armor template, which "improves" ACP by one, but from the context I think that's meant to make it worse, not better.)

[GenPol]

I see the Dread Commando prc has already been listed, but here's a link if you don't have the book.

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/iw/20050407b&page=6

[Occasional Sage]

Ooo, I hadn't thought about Dread Commando; they're templated in my head as light-armor types. I might need to readjust my skills and feats a bit. Thanks!

[Thurbane]

Also, not exactly a reduction to ACP, but if you want to trot around at full speed in heavy armor (and you aren't a dwarf), the Tooth of Savnok (Tome of Magic) lets you do this. IIRC, this also lets you tumble in heavy armor.

Another option may be the Ring of Arming in the MIC. Let's you store your armor and weapons in a null space as a standard action. For instance, you could have adamantine full plate stored in the ring, and be wearing a mithril shirt. When you're in combat, you can pop on the plate; and when your'e swimming, or moving silently, you can pop on the shirt. Not ideal if you're wanting to use skills in battle (tumble etc.).

[The Dark Fiddler]

(DMGII has the hellforged armor template, which "improves" ACP by one, but from the context I think that's meant to make it worse, not better.)

And with that line of thought is the Feycraft armor template, which actually does make the ACP better.

[Iku Rex]

And with that line of thought is the Feycraft armor template, which actually does make the ACP better.No it doesn't. (You're thinking of ASF.)

[Curmudgeon]

Armor Lubricant (Races of Faerûn, page 158) alleviates 1 point of ACP for 1d4 hours.