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strength is already factored in Heavy-armor does not give you any dex/movement penalties Heavy-Encumbrance gives you a -6 dex Heavy-armor just helps you "achieve" heavy encumbrance although, what you presented is another possible solution to replacing max-dex - Felnar

I was just thinking about "Mithril". Presumably mithril fullplate is just as "restrictive" as steel fullplate, in terms of joints/etc. So all the benefits of mithril armor are based off the fact that its only half the weight of steel. It's basically saying lighter armor isnt as encumbering to...

Actually i only test ran this "maze-area" of the dungeon to see if it was actually a semi-challenging maze. Even then i only tested the exploration, not the encounters. Test running is too exhausting. :)

how do you DM's map for your players? specifically, how do you map interiors and dungeons? do you draw it out for them? do you tell them what to draw? (ie. "the corridor goes 20ft north then turns left") do you give them exact measurments? (ie. how precise do you get without the PCs physically...

the most important consideration is how/where/when the battle takes place.

I guess i wasnt too clear earlier. The -2 or -6 dex penalty is not from wearing medium/heavy armor. It is from being medium or heavily encumbered. This way a characters strength is factored into how encumbering armor is. 25lbs of hide armor are unlikely to affect the 18 strength warrior...

this seems like a cool ability, basically evasion for fort and will saves, but what can it actually be used for? what spells/etc have saves like "will partial" or "fortitude half"? the spell fear has a save of "will partial", but i'd be entering pious templar from paladin, so i'm already...

2nd ed called shot was -4 to hit (arm/leg/body) or -8 to hit (head). The main point of it was defeating partial armor. If a guy in full plate isnt wearing his plate helm, you were better off swinging at his unarmored head than trying to hack through his chestplate. also 2nd Ed "Combat and...

yes, its light armor the problem i see is it really outshines all the medium armor. chainmail gives only 1 more AC, but it slows your movement, lower max dex, and has higher acp.

that seems like a pretty high penalty maybe i'm reading it wrong

this sounds like the Dwarven Defenders defense bonus would these bonuses unbalance the monster population?

here's an idea to get this thread moving armors dont directly reduce your movement. instead, use table 9-2 "Carrying Loads" in the PHB, page 162 remove the "max dex" column, and replace it with: Medium Encumbrance: -2 dex (more?) Heavy Encumbrance: -6 dex (more?) this dex penalty doesnt effect...

rogue level 1 has a BAB of +0, does the fighter really want to lose +1 BAB? - Felnar

are you forgetting that barbarian damage reduction increases every 3 levels? adamantine's DR would stack with the armors mundane DR (adamantine breastplate = DR 3/- , admantine full-plate = DR 5/-). Fighter: d10 hp, DR 5/- , 20ft move Barbarian: d12 hp, DR 3/- , 40ft move (medium armor doesnt...

here's an idea i had Edit: i can't seem to make a lined up code block key changes: -changed chainshirt to: chainshirt +3AC, +5maxdex, -2ACP, DR 1 -swapped the speed penalties for medium and heavy armors: <medium: only x3 run <heavy: reduced movement rate ( 20ft / 15ft ) -added DR 1 to medium...

My friend is looking for variant max dex rules. I thought it deserved its own thread. and here's my addition... has anyone made something like this before? or have any ideas for it? or perhaps reason why "max dex bonus" is better and should stay? - Felnar (and General Barron)

Wear does your shield user store his shield when its not in use? i was imagining strapped to your back (but is there a better place?) How long (what actions) does it take to put your shield on? (from storage) one move action to retrieve it, then one move action to ready it? thanks, - Felnar

Currently, the unencumbered fighter has a move of 20ft while wearing a breastplate, but if he takes it off and carries it, his move is 30ft. He's not encumbered, why is he slowed? What if armor had an "encumbrance" rating which gave it dex penalties, but the penalties were partially reduced by...

thele - thats an interesting magic property, but i'm really looking for ways to improve mundane armors bront - good ideas, thanks. Would your Armor specialization be allowed on light armor tho? i assume not. The -10ft move seems to be the biggest penalty going from light to medium armor...

i'm looking for something to make medium armor stand out as useful. less movement reduction? no move reduction? lower armor check penalty? adding DR of 1/- ? (adding this to heavy armor too) although, i might just have to remove chain shirt i'm also looking for an "Armor Specialization" feat...