Armoured Arcane Caster PrCs

[Leon]

Bouncing Idea's around for a PC idea or two im trying to get a list of all the PrCs that allow for casting in Armour without failure and continue main class spell progression. Not worried about caster level loss or requirements, just the ability to cast in armour.

Have though of using a Warmage/Beguiler/Dread Necro or a Battle Sorcerer but would prefer to play a Core till PrC caster and then gain the ability to cast in armour

All i can think of at the moment though is Spellsword and Knight Phantom

[Ernir]

Runesmith, Races of Stone.

[Starbuck_II]

Bouncing Idea's around for a PC idea or two im trying to get a list of all the PrCs that allow for casting in Armour without failure and continue main class spell progression. Not worried about caster level loss or requirements, just the ability to cast in armour.

Have though of using a Warmage/Beguiler/Dread Necro or a Battle Sorcerer but would prefer to play a Core till PrC caster and then gain the ability to cast in armour

All i can think of at the moment though is Spellsword and Knight Phantom

Geomancer pg41 of Complete Divine (only up to versatility score though).
You completely ignore it since you cast arcane spells as divine when want (and vice versa if need to).
Since Divine spells have no ASF, there is no failure.

Drawback: requires 2nd lv divine (and 2nd lv arcane).

[Dusk Eclipse]

Knight Phantom also gets to ignore light armor ASF

[Ganurath]

Mithril Chain Shirt with the Twilight enchantment has ASF of 0%, so there's always that.

[Escheton]

or you just sudden or normal still all spells
might cost ya a spell-lvl, but a lvl 3 wizard can wear a fullplate if he wants...
or only cant non somatic spells

[The Shadowmind]

Feycrafted Mithril Chainmail with a Thistledown suit mod. also has 0% ASF, but is a slightly lowered cost, since it is non-magical.

[KitTheOdd]

The Battlecaster feat (CArc, I think) allows you to increase the type of armor you can ignore one step. Light -> Med, for instance.

But you do have to get casting in armor to start with.


Hence my Bard4/Warblade6/Jade Phoenix Mage5 casting just fine in Mithril Full Plate.

[EvilJoe15]

+X Mythril Breastplate with Twilight, and Thistledown. It's pricey, but I like.

[Pluto]

Since I'm lazy, but Surreal is not: (http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19871954/Lists_of_Stuff)


Arcane Spell Failure (ASF) reduction - or casting in armor
Bard, light armor
Fighter, Armored Mage alternative class feature, Complete Mage, light armor
Duskblade 1, 4, 7/20, Player's Handbook 2, casting in light armor, medium armor, then heavy shields respectively
Bladesinger 6, ecl 11, Complete Warrior, cast in light armor
Hexblade, Complete Warrior, casting in light armor
Spellsword 1, 3, 5, 7, 9/10, ecl 6, Complete Warrior, 10/15/20/25/30%
Rage Mage 2, ecl 7, Complete Warrior, -10% in light or medium armor
Spellthief, Complete Adventurer, casting in light armor
Fochlucan Lyrist 1, ecl 11, Complete Adventure, cast in light armor
Warmage 1, 8/20, Complete Arcane, casting in light then medium armor
Suel Arcanamach 1, 4, 7, 10/10, ecl 7, Complete Arcane, 5% each time
Battlecaster, feat, Complete Arcane, allows casting in armor one category heavier (unclear whether you gain proficiency)
Geomancer 1, ecl ?, Complete Divine, see text

Dragon Devotee 3, ecl 8, Races of the Dragon, ignore ASF for 0-level and 1st-level spells
Arcane Heirophant 1, ecl 6, Races of the Wild, casting in non-metallic light or medium armor
Runesmith 1, ecl 6, Races of Stone, cast in any armor, see text
Knight of the Weave 2, ecl 7, Champions of Valor, cast in light armor, in medium at level 8
Pale Master 4, 8/10, ecl 9, Libris Mortis, -10% each for undead armor
Knight Phantom 1, ecl 6, Eberron: Five Nations, casting in light armor
Corrupt Avenger 1, ecl 7, Heroes of Horror, light armor
Silver Key 1, ecl 5, Eberron: Dragonmarked, light armor, abjuration only
Githyanky Battlecaster, feat, Monster Manual 4, light armor
Fatemaker 1, ecl 6, Planar Handbook, light
Ebonmar Infiltrator 1, ecl 6, Cityscape, cast in light armor, see text
Urban Savant 1, ecl 6, Cityscape, cast in light armor, see text
Knight of the Weave 2, ecl 7, FR: Champions of Valor, cast in light for all classes, medium at level 8

Twilight, armor enhancement, Book of Exalted Deeds, -10%
Thistledown, armor add-on, Races of the Wild, -5%
Leafweave, armor add-on, Races of the Wild, -5%
Feycraft, armor template, DMG2, -5%
Githcraft, armor template, DMG2, -5%
Hellforged, armor template, DMG2, +5%
Blue Ice, component, Frostburn, cast [Cold] spells without ASF

[Akal Saris]

Heh, and that just about ends this thread =P

[Critical]

Just use Duskblade :smallbiggrin:

[Thrice Dead Cat]

Actually, if I may, I offer you the Abjurant Champion. Sure, it isn't real armor, but blowing a spell slot of (Greater) Luminous Armor every morning will save you cash in the long run, assuming you have some way to mitigate the couple points of temporary strength damage. As the bonus to AC from GLA is bound to be higher than most contemporary armors you can get down to ASF 0, you can throw on a +1 twilight mithral chain shirt and just load it up with useful enhancements instead.

[Darklord Xavez]

I'm sad. Nobody has mentioned the Spellsword (Complete Warrior) yet! Except for me, of course. It lets you channel spells through your weapon, as well as get more spells and let you ignore spell failure chances for armor! It's an amazing prestige class!
-Xavez

[Starbuck_II]

I'm sad. Nobody has mentioned the Spellsword (Complete Warrior) yet! Except for me, of course. It lets you channel spells through your weapon, as well as get more spells and let you ignore spell failure chances for armor! It's an amazing prestige class!
-Xavez

OP mentioned it so it seemed redundant. :smallwink:

[Darklord Xavez]

OP mentioned it so it seemed redundant. :smallwink:

Sorry. Didn't spot that.
-Xavez

[Leon]

Thankyou for that List Pluto and for everyone Else's suggestions.
given me more to think about and work on idea's