Any official mention of ACP?

[Stalker0]

Judging by the DDXP characters, it seems like ACP is still in the game. Anyone have any confirmation on the numbers? Does heavy armor still reduce speed?

 

[ppaladin123]

Judging by the DDXP characters, it seems like ACP is still in the game. Anyone have any confirmation on the numbers? Does heavy armor still reduce speed?

Somebody posted a picture of the armor page displayed at the expo. In the section on choosing armor it mentions armor check penalties so I suppose they are in. There were no numbers though and no mention of speed (though you can't apply your dexterity or intelligence bonus to your AC while in heavy armor).

 

[hong]

The chainmail-wearing human cleric from D&DXP has a speed of 5, so it looks like heavy armour still slows you down. Not as much as before, though.

 

[mach1.9pants]

Using the PC sheets my guesses are:

Leather- none AC+3
(Warlock has +0 DEX and +0 Stealth)
Hide, I guess -1 AC+4 because I think there is an error in the Ranger sheet. Although the Ranger is listed as wearing Hide he gets the same +3AC bonus as the leather wearing Warlock and also no armour penalty to Stealth. In the Armour page it specifically mentions that Hide can bind and restrict your precision. IMO the Ranger has been calculated as wearing Leather but Hide has been mistakenly put on the character possessions. If I am wrong Hide is none AC+3

Chainmail -1 AC+6
(Cleric has +0 DEX but -1 Stealth check)
Scale -2 AC+7
(Fighter has +1 DEX but -1 Stealth check)
Plate -4 AC+8
(Paladin has +1 DEX but -3 Stealth check)

Shields none

So thats my take, E&OE

EDIT: all the heavy armour PCs have speed 5, even the Halfling in Plate

 

[hong]

They also seem to have ditched the arcane spell failure chance.

 

[Incenjucar]

They also seem to have ditched the arcane spell failure chance.

This was explicitly stated some time back.

They WANT people to be able to put their wizards in full plate.

 

[hong]

This was explicitly stated some time back.

They WANT people to be able to put their wizards in full plate.

That's it.

4E is dead to me!

 

[mach1.9pants]

They WANT people to be able to put their wizards in full plate.

But you'd have to be MAD to do it, with heavy armour meaning you can't add your INT to AC! A bit of leather or hide though......