There are spells that can solve that latter issue.Trust in comrades can be betrayed, or made irrelevant by their deaths.
[X] You Die When I Say
[X] In Fire Forged
People never expect the wizard to not die when killed.
There are spells that can solve that latter issue.
Question, does this work on 5th edition rules where "If you have Proficiency, you can use armor without penalty even as a caster, if you don't, you can't", or is it more "Even if you have Proficiency, if you're an Arcane Caster who's class doesn't specifically mitigate Spell Failure Chance, Get Fucked"?
Because, well, part of the whole Dark Lord Aesthetic Is the scary super elaborate armor after all, and Dwarves largely laugh at encumbrance.
There's no Arcane Spell Failure chance in PF2, but most casters don't have proficiency with armour.
Nice, so getting [ ] Reveal No Weakness would let us pal around in Medium armor while still being a caster?
I know what I'm going for then, we're going Artificer-Enchanter as much as anything else, let's lean into that.