Ixy: Gonna have to organize things IC and OOC.  Plate's out of our league at the moment, of course.  Expensive stuff and all.  Splint would run you 75g right now if Senna makes it, and bump you up two points of AC, and you could afford it on the advance.  And are you looking into a second warhammer as a backup, or asking about a better one?  Another warhammer would cost 4.5g, but masterwork's out of reach for now.<br/><br/>Oh, and something to consider later; mountain plate or interlocking plate, from Races of Stone.  Both are exotic armors, so you'd need to spend a feat, but either'll do you two points better than full plate.