I'm making a mod that among other things adds some unarmed combat perks. One of the perks I would like to add scales the damage of melee attacks with the Armor Class of equipped gloves, so the player can use "unarmed weapons" without me having to add in specific unarmed weapons. Anyway, after messing around in the editor for a while I've been unable to find a way to check just the AR of gauntlets only.

The Fists of Steel perk does this after a fashion, but only adds base value for the stock gauntlets. I was hoping to find some sort of script that would read the Armor Class of what is currently equipped. That way the mod would work with any mods, as well as any smithing or perks that change the armor rating.

Any tips on how I can accomplish this?

*BONUS QUESTION* Is it relatively easy to increase a skill when something is hit by an unarmed player? I would like hand to hand to increase the two-handed skill for example.