Is the Armageddon Plate (Pathfinder Unchained) actually worth it? Or is it just cool?

[Neknoh]

Well, I'm guessing the title says it all?


Is the item Armageddon Plate actually worth having? Or is it an overpriced, money-guzzling piece of armour that ought to be replaced or never gotten in the first place in favour of something else in the full-plate family?

[Starbuck_II]

Well, I'm guessing the title says it all?


Is the item Armageddon Plate actually worth having? Or is it an overpriced, money-guzzling piece of armour that ought to be replaced or never gotten in the first place in favour of something else in the full-plate family?

It only costs 2.6K so yeah.

Or do you mean create?

A base one is worth it.
At 8th level, it is even better.
At 13th, even better.
20th level is sort of weak.

How does someone determine price after 1st?

[Coidzor]

How does someone determine price after 1st?

I was trying to figure out the same thing myself. :smallconfused: :smalleek:

[Tuvarkz]

Kinda depends on what content is allowed, and as others have said, how much does it scale in prize, because no way I'm going to pay 30% of my level 20 WBL for something that has some minor knacks over a adamantite full plate armor with +5 heavy fort, which is valued around 110k gp. (Heck, it doesn't even get to +5)
The fear effect is largely irrelevant, particularly when considering it won't scale well into the lategame. DR 8/- is hardly any better than DR 3/- if enemies can easily dish 50 damage per hit or more.
The level 20 capstone abilities might be solid, but they are 1/day, which is an issue of when to use.

[Florian]

It´s... not bad. Stuff like the Armageddon Plate work fine in the kind of environment that´s mostly used as basis for the APs. There, it´s actually good. Outside of tis, with free crafting/free shopping and all that, usefulness drops sharply.