D&D 5E 5E Survivor - Armor

[CleverNickName]

all heavy armour wrecks stealth checks equally, i don't know why plate is getting your ire clevernickname when it at least has the best AC of the choices?

Because I only get one downvote per day. Don't worry, I'll be coming for the rest later.

 

[DeviousQuail]

Studded Leather 7
Chain Shirt 20
Scale Mail 3-2=1
Breastplate 16
Chain Mail 16
Plate 8+1=9

 

[chrisrtld]

Studded Leather 7
Chain Shirt 21
Scale Mail 1
Breastplate 16
Chain Mail 16
Plate 7

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Studded Leather 7
Chain Shirt 21-2=19 Tell me, honestly, what makes this different from chain mail?
Scale Mail 1+1=2 Why all the scale mail hate??? How is the lorica squamata so disliked?
Breastplate 16
Chain Mail 16
Plate 7

 

[W'rkncacnter]

Chain Shirt 21-2=19 Tell me, honestly, what makes this different from chain mail?

the way i always saw it, mail is the full suit (including leggings, mittens, a coif, etc.), while the shirt is just...well, the shirt. it's only the part that goes over your torso.

Scale Mail 1+1=2 Why all the scale mail hate??? How is the lorica squamata so disliked?

mechanically it's just discount breastplate.

 

[see]

Studded Leather 7
Chain Shirt 17
Scale Mail 3
Breastplate 16
Chain Mail 16
Plate 7

 

[Omand]

Studded Leather 7
Chain Shirt 17
Scale Mail 3
Breastplate 16 - 2 = 14
Chain Mail 16
Plate 7 + 1 = 8

 

[cwallach]

Studded Leather 7
Chain Shirt 18
Scale Mail 5+1=6
Breastplate 17
Chain Mail 19
Plate 12-2=10 Stop wrecking our Stealth checks!

fyi, Scale mail wrecks stealth checks

 

[cwallach]

Studded Leather 7
Chain Shirt 17 - 2 = 15 This is not 1 of the 4 types of armor used after sufficient GP are available
Scale Mail 3
Breastplate 14 + 1 = 15
Chain Mail 16
Plate 8

 

[CleverNickName]

fyi, Scale mail wrecks stealth checks

It's true. However, consider this: maybe I'm not upvoting Scale Mail because I like it and want it to win.

I might be playing for time, keeping Scale Mail on the board as long as I can because it's absorbing the downvotes that someone else might otherwise use against a superior, quieter suit of armor. Or maybe it's a distraction: I'm baiting people who might be tempted to retaliate against my plate armor downvoting, and tricking them into downvoting another clanky mess of rustmonster bait.