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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8839010" data-attributes="member: 57383">It doesn't really make much difference to me, it's the final AC that matters.If you'd like to give it a special trait to account for the AC I'm game. It would have the advantage of letting the Beast Shaman have both hands free if it doesn't need a shield, allowing the use of 2H weapons.Should you go for that, I'd rather pick an AC and then arbitrarily set the trait to match.Maybe follow the barkskin formula, like so?Demonhide. A beast shaman's skin is covered in shaggy fur and supernaturally tough, the shaman's AC can't be less than 16[?], regardless of what kind of armor it is wearing.I'm not keen on the Fiendish Blessing approach because it has stacking issues. A Cambion with a high Charisma and good armour can have an AC higher than 5E is designed for. The Monster Manual sample has AC 19 with its scale mail, if it had a shield that would be 21, if it had full plate and a shield it would be 23. Imagine what it could have with a better Charisma and magic armour!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8839010, member: 57383"] It doesn't really make much difference to me, it's the final AC that matters. If you'd like to give it a special trait to account for the AC I'm game. It would have the advantage of letting the Beast Shaman have both hands free if it doesn't need a shield, allowing the use of 2H weapons. Should you go for that, I'd rather pick an AC and then arbitrarily set the trait to match. Maybe follow the [I]barkskin[/I] formula, like so? [INDENT][I][B]Demonhide.[/B][/I] A beast shaman's skin is covered in shaggy fur and supernaturally tough, the shaman's AC can't be less than 16[[COLOR=red][B]?[/B][/COLOR]], regardless of what kind of armor it is wearing.[/INDENT] I'm not keen on the [I][B]Fiendish Blessing[/B][/I] approach because it has stacking issues. A Cambion with a high Charisma and good armour can have an AC higher than 5E is designed for. The [I]Monster Manual[/I] sample has AC 19 with its scale mail, if it had a shield that would be 21, if it had full plate and a shield it would be 23. Imagine what it could have with a better Charisma and magic armour! [/QUOTE]

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