A general question: Would Silence enchanted on plate or half plate armor silence the armor or would it silence everything around it? A character of mine is intrested removing the disadvantage to stealth in the armor and I remember Pike speaking to Gilmore about it but his business was obliterated by the Conclave before it came to fruition.
Nothing in the description of Silence would indicate it removes the stealth penalty, or in fact affects stealth at all. If anything Silence only stops you breaking stealth via noise but it's not going to hide you walking passed in shiny metal armor like plate, half-plate, scale or chain, you're still at a disadvantage at stealth. The best spells for aiding with Stealth would likely be invisibility or pass without trace.
As Wtfdndad said, Mithral versions of armor do not impose disadvantage. In regards to Scale and Half-Plate, these can also have disadvantage removed via the feat Medium Armor Master.
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A general question: Would Silence enchanted on plate or half plate armor silence the armor or would it silence everything around it? A character of mine is intrested removing the disadvantage to stealth in the armor and I remember Pike speaking to Gilmore about it but his business was obliterated by the Conclave before it came to fruition.
This is the answer, https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/mithral-armor
Nothing in the description of Silence would indicate it removes the stealth penalty, or in fact affects stealth at all. If anything Silence only stops you breaking stealth via noise but it's not going to hide you walking passed in shiny metal armor like plate, half-plate, scale or chain, you're still at a disadvantage at stealth. The best spells for aiding with Stealth would likely be invisibility or pass without trace.
As Wtfdndad said, Mithral versions of armor do not impose disadvantage. In regards to Scale and Half-Plate, these can also have disadvantage removed via the feat Medium Armor Master.