incorporeal question (?)

[ShadowMaster]

what can provide AC against incorporeal creature's attacks?

 

[Xarlen]

Magical bonuses, Force effects (like mage armor).

 

[Darklone]

Use protection from evil. Haste bonus, deflection boni, force arnour. Raise dex. Mirror image. Displacement is useful without raising AC.

 

[ShadowMaster]

Does Deflection bonus work?
Armor Enhancement (like plate +1) still provide is +1?

 

[Dr. Zoom]

Does Deflection bonus work?

Not unless it is also a force effect.

Armor Enhancement (like plate +1) still provide is +1?

No. The enhancement bonus is not a force effect. In fact, you don't split the armor's normal armor bonus and the enhancement bonus. You add the enhancement bonus to the armor bonus, and the enhancement bonus becomes an armor bonus. Full plate +5 provides a +13 armor bonus, for example.

Edit: Deflection bonuses do work against incorporeal touch attacks. See MM page 6. In general, armor, natural armor, and shields do not protect against these attacks, but most other protection does.

 

[0-hr]

And, of course, Ghost Touch armor works just fine.

 

[Artoomis]

The answers above are not quite right.

You don't try and figure out what counts against Incorporeal attacks, you figure out was does not count. everything else counts.

That said, the following are NOT counted against incorporeal attack:

The physical attacks of incorporeal creatures ignore material armor, even magic armor, unless it is made of force or has the ghost touch ability.

Everything else counts.

 

[hong]

Incorporeal creatures generally use "incorporeal touch" attacks. These ignore armour and natural armour bonuses, unless they come from a force effect. Everything else still counts.

A dragon is AC 10 against incorporeal touch attacks, less its size bonus.