Reducing Movement Penalty for Armour

[carborundum]

Does anyone know if there is a feat to reduce the movement penalty for armour? Something along the lines of letting it counts as a category lower - medium = no penalty etc.

 

[Shape D.]

It's not a feat, but using mithril armor does exactly that.

Most mithral armors are one category lighter than normal for purposes of movement and other limitations. Heavy armors are treated as medium, and medium armors are treated as light, but light armors are still treated as light. Spell failure chances for armors and shields made from mithral are decreased by 10%, maximum Dexterity bonus is increased by 2, and armor check penalties are lessened by 3 (to a minimum of 0).

 

[carborundum]

Yeah, but unfortunately it's more complicated than that. I'm DM-ing for a group who still play 3.0 and the player really wants to go for adamantine. Problem is that an adamantine breastplate means no more tumbling - hence the feat request.

 

[blargney the second]

A few levels of knight lets you move faster in medium armor.
-blarg

 

[carborundum]

I never knew that - I'll email that to him. If I made it a feat it wouldn't be ridiculously unbalancing, would it? No-one uses Medium Armour anyway

 

[blargney the second]

I think there might be a mid- to high-level armor specialization feat that lets you reduce speed penalties.

 

[eamon]

I never knew that - I'll email that to him. If I made it a feat it wouldn't be ridiculously unbalancing, would it? No-one uses Medium Armour anyway

That depends on the player. A player with mithral full plate without movement penalty could be a little overpowering (not horribly so, but it would be too good for a feat).

I'd make it a very specific feat if you do, so it only applies to un-broken situations.