Take 1 level of wizard, plate armour, defense fighting style for +1 ac, that’s a 19 ac right there, plus your dex mod, if you take 2 levels of rogue you can get cunning action to disengage at the end of turns AND sneak attack for melee attacks, and you can STILL get 9th level spells at the end of it all.
Fighter 1, plate armour, defense fighting style
Rogue 2, cunning action
Wizard 17, 9th level spells
Nice 13 year thread necro! Though I am not sure you talking about the same edition as the OP!Take 1 level of wizard, plate armour, defense fighting style for +1 ac, that’s a 19 ac right there, plus your dex mod, if you take 2 levels of rogue you can get cunning action to disengage at the end of turns AND sneak attack for melee attacks, and you can STILL get 9th level spells at the end of it all.
Fighter 1, plate armour, defense fighting style
Rogue 2, cunning action
Wizard 17, 9th level spells
And a shield
If you have +3 dex then your ac will be 24
Oh wow, I must seem slow, thank you for catching that before I played it at the table, my last character got killed by a dragon because his goal was to perform a ritual involving his death and any type of dragon except the dracolich or ancient red dragons (For he was a warlock and wanted to do this for his diety). I didn’t expect it at level 5, but hey, better than nothing ig. I haven’t played with the build I mentioned in my reply yet, so once again, thanks for catching that.
FYI, here is how armor works in 5e. Light Armor allows full dex mod, medium armor allows dex mod up to +2 max and heavy armor does not allow dex mod at all. See below
| Light Armor | |||||
| Armor | Cost | Armor Class (AC) | Strength | Stealth | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Padded | 5 gp | 11 + Dex modifier | — | Disadvantage | 8 lb. |
| Leather | 10 gp | 11 + Dex modifier | — | — | 10 lb. |
| Studded leather | 45 gp | 12 + Dex modifier | — | — | 13 lb. |
| Medium Armor | |||||
| Hide | 10 gp | 12 + Dex modifier (max 2) | — | — | 12 lb. |
| Chain shirt | 50 gp | 13 + Dex modifier (max 2) | — | — | 20 lb. |
| Scale mail | 50 gp | 14 + Dex modifier (max 2) | — | Disadvantage | 45 lb. |
| Breastplate | 400 gp | 14 + Dex modifier (max 2) | — | — | 20 lb. |
| Half plate | 750 gp | 15 + Dex modifier (max 2) | — | Disadvantage | 40 lb. |
| Heavy Armor | |||||
| Ring mail | 30 gp | 14 | — | Disadvantage | 40 lb. |
| Chain mail | 75 gp | 16 | Str 13 | Disadvantage | 55 lb. |
| Splint | 200 gp | 17 | Str 15 | Disadvantage | 60 lb. |
| Plate | 1,500 gp | 18 | Str 15 | Disadvantage | 65 lb. |
| Shield | |||||
| Shield | 10 gp | +2 | — | — | 6 lb. |
Yea, thank you
Gold today ain't what it was worth thirteen years ago...
