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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6392921" data-attributes="member: 2525">I just went through the MM and gave you a whole bunch of examples at various levels.&nbsp; Am I just typing for my own benefit here, or are we having a conversation? All the way up through basically level 18, the difference between an AC of 15 and an AC of 19 will matter a lot.&nbsp; Do you have a response to that, or did you just care about levels 19-20 and the entire rest of your PC career is meaningless?I mean OK, let's take that hill giant.&nbsp; They have an unusually high attack bonus for CR 5 (since I just listed a CR 13 creature, an Ultroloth,&nbsp; with the same attack bonus) but fine.&nbsp; So AC 19, the hill giant misses more than 50% of the time.&nbsp; AC 15, the hill giant hits more than 50% of the time.&nbsp; That's a meaningful difference, right? Particularly since at level 5 you have a LOT fewer hit points than you would at level 13, it really REALLY matters.&nbsp; Why would that example not demonstrate pretty clearly my point? That AC difference really matters quite a bit.In no way is this an either/or situation.&nbsp; You don't lose any attack-neutralization abilities by making sure you can wear medium armor and use a shield.Indeed, which is what I said to begin with, and which you replied to.&nbsp; Hello? Is this thing on?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 6392921, member: 2525"] I just went through the MM and gave you a whole bunch of examples at various levels. Am I just typing for my own benefit here, or are we having a conversation? All the way up through basically level 18, the difference between an AC of 15 and an AC of 19 will matter a lot. Do you have a response to that, or did you just care about levels 19-20 and the entire rest of your PC career is meaningless? I mean OK, let's take that hill giant. They have an unusually high attack bonus for CR 5 (since I just listed a CR 13 creature, an Ultroloth, with the same attack bonus) but fine. So AC 19, the hill giant misses more than 50% of the time. AC 15, the hill giant hits more than 50% of the time. That's a meaningful difference, right? Particularly since at level 5 you have a LOT fewer hit points than you would at level 13, it really REALLY matters. Why would that example not demonstrate pretty clearly my point? That AC difference really matters quite a bit. In no way is this an either/or situation. You don't lose any attack-neutralization abilities by making sure you can wear medium armor and use a shield. Indeed, which is what I said to begin with, and which you replied to. Hello? Is this thing on? [/QUOTE]

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