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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ccooke" data-source="post: 6312637" data-attributes="member: 6695890">And the default in 5e is to have unarmoured wizards. It's just possible, if you spend some resources, to overcome this. It's been possible in every previous edition, too, just a lot harder and more fiddly. The resource costs are quite nice, too - I like the idea of dwarven mages wearing some armour, and even they will have to wait until 4th level before they could actually start wearing heavy. If you want to wear it earlier, you have to multiclass which slows down your spell progression.The choices are meaningful - a dwarven mage might wear medium armour, but will have low hit points to be a front-line fighter. With more investment, they can get the Tough feat (+2 to HP per level means that a Mage with Tough will average the same HP as a Fighter). Another feat will get you heavy armour, or some Fighter manoeuvres... But at this point you've sunk three or four options into being a Mage who can be a front-line fighter - you *should* be good at it, even if you won't be as good as a Fighter would be (and you get spells, after all). Or you can just be a Mage and wear robes. You'll be able to focus your choices into being a more powerful Mage, instead.</blockquote>