Equipment for 14th level cleric

[Banaticus]

Where's this Phoenix Robe I've heard about?

[juton]

Magic Item Compendium.

You should have posted in the Ask a simple question thread.

[deuxhero]

Suddenly, Nightsticks, thousands of them!

[Rebel7284]

What type of cleric is this?

[Banaticus]

1650   full plate, masterwork
50   with spikes
   magic (1)
15000   silent moves, Improved
15000   shadow, improved
2700   glamered

25170   heavy steel shield, masterwork
10   with spikes
   magic (1)
   animated +2
   Command +2
   
18318   Scythe, masterwork
   magic (1)
   merciful (1)
   ghost touch (1)
   
13000   Belt, monk's
   
27000   ring of blinking
2500   ring of sustenance
10000   immovable rod x2

That leaves me about 19,602 gold pieces left.

The cleric build is:
Male Medium Lesser Aasimar*
Cleric 3/Church Inquisitor 9/Divine Oracle 2
Languages: Common, Celestrial
Domains: Planning, Spell
-----
Skills:
Concentration
Spellcraft
Little of Diplomacy, rest on Knowledge: Religion
-----
Feats: Extend Spell (from Planning)
1 Power Attack (PHB)
3 Extra Turning (Complete Divine?)
6 Persist Spell (Complete Arcane)
9 Divine Metamagic (Complete Divine)
12 Extraordinary Spell Aim (Complete Adventurer)
-----
*Player's Guide to Faerun p191 and Monster Manual p209

Beginning stats are 13, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, in whatever order I want. This is for a cleric in the Forgotten Realms, no Eberron or Bone Knight.

[Banaticus]

Magic Item Compendium.

Where in it?  I see a phoenix helm, but not a phoenix robe.

You should have posted in the Ask a simple question thread.

I'm listing the equipment that I'm buying for a level 14 cleric, I'd like recommendations, comments on what I'm getting.  I'm not just asking a question.

[Banaticus]

+1 Full plate, silent moves (improved), shadow (improved), glamered, aporter, gilled, called = 62,350
+1 heavy steel shield, animated, variable = 16,170
+1 scythe, ghost touch = 8,318

Belt, monk's = 13,000

Ring of sustenance = 2,500

Immovable rod x2 = 10,000

Nightsticks x5 = 37,500

162 gp left

Comments, suggestions?

[McPoyo]

You are a cleric. Burn a level 1 spell on create food and water. If it's the reduced sleeping time, unless the entire party has one, it's largely irrelevant and a waste. Grab a Restful Crystal, while you are at it (500 gp, MIC), for that armor, so you can sleep in it without penalty.

Any particular reason for two immovable rods?

[Havok4]

Get rid of ghost touch for your weapon and pick up the lesser truedeath augment crystal (MIC) it ends up costing you 3000 over your current choice but you gain 1d6 damage to undead and you can enchant your weapon more cheaply in the future. Why do you have a awesome set of armor and a monk's belt, those seem to be somewhat at cross purposes. I second McPoyo's opinion of the ring of sustenance. Also the sleep issue can be solved with lesser restoration, so the ring of sustenance is really unnecessary. A cheaper option for food is a everlasting ration (MIC).

[McPoyo]

1st level spells are still free every day, and feed the whole party with a single casting....

[Banaticus]

With two immovable rods, holding one in each hand, with your thumb over the button on the end, you can climb up anything since "anywhere" is essentially a peg board: http://www.morleyathletic.com/physical-education/fitness/peg-boards.htm
Since I can't find a good way to be able to continuously fly (only X/day type of items), they'll let me get around.  As long as I fall for more than a round, they're a continuous feather fall spell, they're a continuous levitate spell, etc.

I'm not seeing the everlasting ration or the restful crystal in the Magic Item Compendium (or the phoenix robe).

Create food will probably do the trick, although I don't want to keep burning a lesser restoration when we're attacked in the night and the next day.

[Maat_Mons]

Unless you fight a lot of incorporeal creatures, I'd go with ghost blight capsules (Complete Adventurer).  Those cost 100 gp each and give your weapon ghost touch for 3 rounds as a swift action.  A triple weapon capsule retainer costs 450 gp and lets you keep 3 capsules ready for use. 

You may as well have your heavy shield made of darkwood.  It only costs 87 gp extra and it eliminates the armor check penalty.  What does variable do? 

[McPoyo]

You're a cleric. Levitate. Or get boots of levitation, DMG page 250 (7500 gp). It's cheaper, and quicker, and doesn't use up your hands. A potion of that is only 300 each if you don't want the boots for some reason.

Restful Crystal, MIC page 26

Everlasting Rations, MIC page 160

You don't need to burn a lesser restoration if you use the crystal.

[Banaticus]

Variable is in the Magic Item Compendium, p15, and it changes the shield to be whatever type of shield you want.  An animated tower shield for normal walking around for full cover from any effect, change it to a regular shield when fighting for...  You know, it's animated, it shouldn't encumber my attacks (unless it's getting in the way), plus a tower shield is an extra +2 AC.  I think I'll be dropping that.

The Monk's Belt Wis to AC stacks with armored AC, which reminds me, what was that thing that made my armor's bonus work against incorporeal things?

Drop the "improved" part of the shadow/silent moves, buy some more nightsticks... which now cost (cumulatively) more than everything else put together...

+1 Full plate, silent moves, shadow, glamered, aporter, gilled = 38,350
+1 heavy steel tower shield, animated, = 9,170
+1 scythe, ghost touch = 8,318
Belt, monk's = 13,000
everlasting rations = 350
everfull mug = 200
Nightsticks x9 = 67,500
5,612 gp left

[McPoyo]

Drop one nightstick for Boots of Lev, and a restful Crystal, unless you dropped those points entirely

[snakeman830]

The Monk's Belt Wis to AC stacks with armored AC, which reminds me, what was that thing that made my armor's bonus work against incorporeal things?

No it doesn't.  Monk's Belt AC bonus only applies when you're unarmored and shieldless because it works exactly like the Monk's AC bonus feature.

[Havok4]

The Monk's Belt Wis to AC stacks with armored AC, which reminds me, what was that thing that made my armor's bonus work against incorporeal things?

No it doesn't.  Monk's Belt AC bonus only applies when you're unarmored and shieldless because it works exactly like the Monk's AC bonus feature.

Indeed, I was just about to comment on that. And you should do that swap for the weapon augment crystal as the ghost touch weapon ability is over-priced. Pick up a nice weapon ability instead, like keen.

[Maat_Mons]

You know, it's animated, it shouldn't encumber my attacks...

The description of animated disagrees.  

A character with an animated shield still takes any penalties associated with shield use, such as armor check penalty, arcane spell failure chance, and nonproficiency.

So, that animated tower shield would impose a -9 on attacks.  

[Negative Zero]

The Monk's Belt Wis to AC stacks with armored AC, which reminds me, what was that thing that made my armor's bonus work against incorporeal things?

No it doesn't.  Monk's Belt AC bonus only applies when you're unarmored and shieldless because it works exactly like the Monk's AC bonus feature.

Indeed, I was just about to comment on that. And you should do that swap for the weapon augment crystal as the ghost touch weapon ability is over-priced. Pick up a nice weapon ability instead, like keen.

I'd just get the sheath that casts Keen Edge 3/day and get a real ability, like Wrathful Healing or Valorous.

[Havok4]

The Monk's Belt Wis to AC stacks with armored AC, which reminds me, what was that thing that made my armor's bonus work against incorporeal things?

No it doesn't.  Monk's Belt AC bonus only applies when you're unarmored and shieldless because it works exactly like the Monk's AC bonus feature.

Indeed, I was just about to comment on that. And you should do that swap for the weapon augment crystal as the ghost touch weapon ability is over-priced. Pick up a nice weapon ability instead, like keen.

I'd just get the sheath that casts Keen Edge 3/day and get a real ability, like Wrathful Healing or Valorous.

That is a better option, especially with a  scythe, but those abilities are a bit out of the available budget.