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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merlion" data-source="post: 2462089" data-attributes="member: 10397">I think the point here is more that most wizards just arent going to put themselves in situations where non-touch AC is very relevent to begin with. Physical armor only helps protect you from physical attacks...like orc spears and giant clubs. And generally wizards are going to keep themselves completely away from these types of attacks, since they rarely have need or reason to enter melee range and have several spells that aid them in this (fly especially springs to mind). So that leaves ranged touch attacks and targeted spells, which armor doesnt protect against anyway, and ranged physical attacks (which a wizard could gain surer protection from with one 2nd level spell)Your right about AC and HP atrition, but the AC gained from armor just isnt going to apply all that frequently to the HP atrition experienced by most wizards. And 1) as fuin says, its still not going to do anything about the wizards almost non existant hit points and 2) especially at mid and high levels anything with a decent BAB is almost never going to miss anyway regardless of AC if you get close enough for it to attempt an attack</blockquote>