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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 6356084" data-attributes="member: 7635">Because 3 > 1? And really, its only more powerful than +1 padded or leather. The Bracers give a 13 base AC. +1 Studded Leather Armor is base AC 13. +1 scale mail is Base 15. +1 Chainmail is Base 17. Also; a barbarian with 16 Dex/Con and bracers: AC 19. A Fighter with an 8 dex, 16 con, +1 chainmail and a shield: AC 19. Magic items should be rewards, not expectations. 3e and 4e explicitly said "you need an item of X power by this level to remain effective against level-appropriate challenges). It was expected that a wizard had his amulet of natural armor, ring of protection, cloak of resistance, bracers of armor, and headband of intellect to keep him mathematically correct. A fighter needed +X weapon, +X armor, a cloak of resistance, gauntlets/belts of strength, etc. So players began to expect regular "gear" updates and when they couldn't find the "gear" they wanted, they bought it or crafted it (usually from the husk of either tons of npc crap which was weaker than theirs or from interesting items nobody wanted to trade an item slot for; IE sell the cloak of the bat to get another +1 to my cloak of resistance). While AD&D still had lots of treasure (the infamous +1 swords to all my henchmen thing) the fact it was in the DMs hands did mean you couldn't depend on mithral chain shirts, floating shields, cloaks of charisma, and other "number boosting" items to make your build work. I'm glad we're going back to that. I guarantee, NOBODY will be selling these "+3 bracers" for 4,500 because a wand of mage armor is a better value in 5e...</blockquote>

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