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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 6784371" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>While I agree it does make sense, I don't think people who have interpreted it a different way do it intentionally. They could be doing it just in error.</p><p></p><p>There's really only one way to interpret it, from a logical order of operations standpoint. Any time something says "can't be less than", then everything to the left of the "<" part of the equation is completed first. As you say, it sets the floor after every other factor (armor, shields, spells, DEX, etc) has been accounted for. As written, it is literally the last step in calculating AC. Whether or not the devs intended that, I don't know. All I know is that from a literal logical mathematical process, it's pretty clear how it's written.</p><p></p><p>It's like this, if I were to code it (simplified overview):</p><p></p><p>Variables a-z = the various factors that make up AC (a=armor, b=DEX, c=shield, d=spell, etc)</p><p></p><p>AC = the sum of a:z</p><p></p><p>If AC < 16, THEN AC= 16</p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not really a matter of opinion or interpretation any more than 5*2-5 = X is. I.e., there's only one way of doing it. If someone does 5*2 first, then subtracts 5 from that, that's the right way. You can't really tell them, "It's just your interpretation. I interpret it as 2-5 first, then multiply that by 5."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 6784371, member: 15700"] While I agree it does make sense, I don't think people who have interpreted it a different way do it intentionally. They could be doing it just in error. There's really only one way to interpret it, from a logical order of operations standpoint. Any time something says "can't be less than", then everything to the left of the "<" part of the equation is completed first. As you say, it sets the floor after every other factor (armor, shields, spells, DEX, etc) has been accounted for. As written, it is literally the last step in calculating AC. Whether or not the devs intended that, I don't know. All I know is that from a literal logical mathematical process, it's pretty clear how it's written. It's like this, if I were to code it (simplified overview): Variables a-z = the various factors that make up AC (a=armor, b=DEX, c=shield, d=spell, etc) AC = the sum of a:z If AC < 16, THEN AC= 16 It's not really a matter of opinion or interpretation any more than 5*2-5 = X is. I.e., there's only one way of doing it. If someone does 5*2 first, then subtracts 5 from that, that's the right way. You can't really tell them, "It's just your interpretation. I interpret it as 2-5 first, then multiply that by 5." [/QUOTE]
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