Malapterus
2018-12-03, 07:42 PM
Leaf Plate is supposed to be the ultimate in armor that can be created in medieval setting without the use of magic.
It is a heavy armor made of dozens of custom-crafted plates that, when joined, fit around the owner's body like a scaled iron skin - almost as though each muscle had its own free-moving plate to protect it.
Leaf Plate is extremely easy to move in - it does not slow the user's land speed and its max dex & armor check are very very low.
I am thinking:
AC Bonus: +8
Max Dex: +4
Armor Check: -4
Arcane Spell Failure: 40% (your entire arms and hands are armored so Somatic components are super clunky)
Weight: 50 Lb.
Now, Leaf Plate is not easy to come by and not easy to maintain. It needs to be custom-made for the user, and if said user increases or decreases significantly in weight then the armor no longer fits properly. There is no way to re-fit the Leaf Plate once it is made; each piece flows so precisely into the next piece that changing one would change them all. Wearing someone else's Leaf Plate is more or less right out.
I am thinking Leaf Plate made manually takes about 10 YEARS to craft, all the while the recipient must maintain their proportions. A person in a rush could have the casts of their body made and the molds of the leafs crafted and then have said molds Polymorphed or otherwise turned into steel, but even that I would think would take 6 months to a year. It's a very intimate process. It goes without saying that each suit of Leaf Plate is Masterwork.
I also think that something as simple as a good Bestow Curse could really mess someone up; if I curse you with 20 pounds of body fat you can't exercise off then you can't wear your armor properly until you get the curse removed.
What do you guys think would be a fair price for this, assuming you're running a campaign where the players could get it?
It is a heavy armor made of dozens of custom-crafted plates that, when joined, fit around the owner's body like a scaled iron skin - almost as though each muscle had its own free-moving plate to protect it.
Leaf Plate is extremely easy to move in - it does not slow the user's land speed and its max dex & armor check are very very low.
I am thinking:
AC Bonus: +8
Max Dex: +4
Armor Check: -4
Arcane Spell Failure: 40% (your entire arms and hands are armored so Somatic components are super clunky)
Weight: 50 Lb.
Now, Leaf Plate is not easy to come by and not easy to maintain. It needs to be custom-made for the user, and if said user increases or decreases significantly in weight then the armor no longer fits properly. There is no way to re-fit the Leaf Plate once it is made; each piece flows so precisely into the next piece that changing one would change them all. Wearing someone else's Leaf Plate is more or less right out.
I am thinking Leaf Plate made manually takes about 10 YEARS to craft, all the while the recipient must maintain their proportions. A person in a rush could have the casts of their body made and the molds of the leafs crafted and then have said molds Polymorphed or otherwise turned into steel, but even that I would think would take 6 months to a year. It's a very intimate process. It goes without saying that each suit of Leaf Plate is Masterwork.
I also think that something as simple as a good Bestow Curse could really mess someone up; if I curse you with 20 pounds of body fat you can't exercise off then you can't wear your armor properly until you get the curse removed.
What do you guys think would be a fair price for this, assuming you're running a campaign where the players could get it?