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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 9534861" data-attributes="member: 58197">Do you plan to keep both items? If you know what you're going to be facing and have an hour to prepare, you can swap in the item that will serve you best against that foe.But you still need to decide your standard loadout for when you don't have the time or recon to tailor your gear to the situation. If it were me, I'd go with the ring. Your AC is solid if not spectacular and you can boost it with the Shield spell in a pinch; you have no equivalent "panic button" for saves. And a failed save can mess you up in very unpleasant ways.With regard to concentration: For a hit that does 21 damage or less, given your base AC and Con bonus, +1 to your concentration saves is worth somewhere between 1.25 and 1.75 AC*. On higher-damage hits, the relative value of the bracers goes up. On the other hand, area effects and spells usually target saves rather than your AC, and in that case the bracers get you nothing at all, while the ring pulls double duty -- first improving your chance to halve or negate the damage, and then improving your chance to hold concentration against the damage you do take.*Assuming the monster's attack bonus is between +6 and +10. The higher the monster's attack bonus, the less effective the bracers are relative to the ring. Reducing a 50% hit chance to 45% prevents one hit in 10, but reducing a 70% hit chance to 65% prevents only one in 14.</blockquote>