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<blockquote data-quote="Wolf72" data-source="post: 364695" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>did someone say alternative armor ideas? (well more like: medium armor really sucks!)</p><p></p><p>[Wolf72, Trentonjoe, & DrowDude stuff]</p><p></p><p><strong>Medium armor</strong> gets a flat +2 to AC, and 50gp increase ... all medium armor is now better than, AC-wise, than light armor. If you have a high dex and like to be spring-attack-boy, go light armor. Your move is still low, but at least your armor means something.</p><p></p><p><strong>Heavy armor</strong> gets a flat +2 to AC and a very low DR (DR 1). all Heavy armors have a better AC rating than medium armors, they also give a minor Damage reduction rating. The price increases by 200gp. Your movement is still abyssmal, but at least you're more tank like.</p><p></p><p>you have to get used to higher AC's for anything that uses armor. If you're a dex person stick with light armor, the mobility will come in real handy if you need to get away ...</p><p></p><p>anyway to make it a little easier to visualize and critique here's a table I did in word (it might come out a little wonky if you just open it, saving it would work better).</p><p></p><p>some prices have been changed (lamellar and chainmail were the same price but lamellar was better, so its price was increased. there are also some armors from Elric d20).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wolf72, post: 364695, member: 265"] did someone say alternative armor ideas? (well more like: medium armor really sucks!) [Wolf72, Trentonjoe, & DrowDude stuff] [b]Medium armor[/b] gets a flat +2 to AC, and 50gp increase ... all medium armor is now better than, AC-wise, than light armor. If you have a high dex and like to be spring-attack-boy, go light armor. Your move is still low, but at least your armor means something. [b]Heavy armor[/b] gets a flat +2 to AC and a very low DR (DR 1). all Heavy armors have a better AC rating than medium armors, they also give a minor Damage reduction rating. The price increases by 200gp. Your movement is still abyssmal, but at least you're more tank like. you have to get used to higher AC's for anything that uses armor. If you're a dex person stick with light armor, the mobility will come in real handy if you need to get away ... anyway to make it a little easier to visualize and critique here's a table I did in word (it might come out a little wonky if you just open it, saving it would work better). some prices have been changed (lamellar and chainmail were the same price but lamellar was better, so its price was increased. there are also some armors from Elric d20). [/QUOTE]
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