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<blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 4664664" data-attributes="member: 30001">Yea, the &quot;trade-off&quot; armors aside, the basic masterwork armors means having to memorize a bunch of terms to know what you're dealing with.&nbsp; Before the &quot;trade-off&quot; armors, you could at least extrapolate - a +4 heavy armor would have the +3 for the masterwork (because I've memorized that +4/+5 get the &quot;one tier&quot; +3 bonus, while +6 gets the &quot;two tier&quot; +6 bonus), and with some thought (too much IMO) you could come to the conclusion that the armor was +7 over it's basic type.&nbsp; I'd rather just say Armor +7 and not deal with the materials that are just masking further bonuses.&nbsp; &nbsp;Then if you want the special &quot;trade-off&quot; armors, you can say, for example, Spectre Plate Armor +6.&nbsp; The &quot;spectre&quot; tells me that I get the damage resistance, and the &quot;+6&quot; part lets me know instantly what my AC is by having to add up two numbers, rather than three numbers, one of which I have to go to the book for just to be sure.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gizmo33, post: 4664664, member: 30001"] Yea, the "trade-off" armors aside, the basic masterwork armors means having to memorize a bunch of terms to know what you're dealing with. Before the "trade-off" armors, you could at least extrapolate - a +4 heavy armor would have the +3 for the masterwork (because I've memorized that +4/+5 get the "one tier" +3 bonus, while +6 gets the "two tier" +6 bonus), and with some thought (too much IMO) you could come to the conclusion that the armor was +7 over it's basic type. I'd rather just say Armor +7 and not deal with the materials that are just masking further bonuses. Then if you want the special "trade-off" armors, you can say, for example, Spectre Plate Armor +6. The "spectre" tells me that I get the damage resistance, and the "+6" part lets me know instantly what my AC is by having to add up two numbers, rather than three numbers, one of which I have to go to the book for just to be sure. [/QUOTE]

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