Ridley's Cohort
First Post
If we care about realism...
There is no fundamental reason that shields should have a number of opponents limit and Dex not have the same.
There is a practical limit on how many potential attackers you can keep you eye on, somewhere in the ballpark of 2 or less. To everyone else, you are flatfooted, and need to bank on luck and armor.
That is a big reason that armor was so valued. Even if you were the rare specialized and seasoned combatant with the exotic tricks to adequately handle a better equipped man in a fair mano-a-mano fight, in messier combats there were going to be people chucking javelins at you from where you were not looking. Is AC 10 really such a great idea?
There is no fundamental reason that shields should have a number of opponents limit and Dex not have the same.
There is a practical limit on how many potential attackers you can keep you eye on, somewhere in the ballpark of 2 or less. To everyone else, you are flatfooted, and need to bank on luck and armor.
That is a big reason that armor was so valued. Even if you were the rare specialized and seasoned combatant with the exotic tricks to adequately handle a better equipped man in a fair mano-a-mano fight, in messier combats there were going to be people chucking javelins at you from where you were not looking. Is AC 10 really such a great idea?