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<blockquote data-quote="THExFALLEN" data-source="post: 9555799" data-attributes="member: 7036643">The defense bonus is actually a slightly modified system of the Unearthed Arcana SRD variant from 3.5e here is it's link ( <a href="https://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/adventuring/defenseBonus.htm" target="_blank">Defense Bonus :: d20srd.org</a> ) and as for the damage reduction with full-plate. The &quot;/X&quot; represents what bypasses the DR.So in the case of full-plate it actually stops slashing but ballistic and bludgeoning bypass the DR they do not get stopped. I chose this because historically plate armor yes did help reduce bludgeoning weapon's damage, but not by much as you'd still be often left with bruising and broken bones.I know it wasn't mentioned yet but also I am aware that with certain piercing weapons, they could also get past plate, however the reason I am against adding piercing to what bypasses the armor type is because I have options for each weapon and some piercing weapons can with greater effort partially or entirely bypass plate.&nbsp;find your suggestion though interesting on the defense bonus, I'll create a world that utilizes this and test it.&nbsp; (What I mean by this is I have a multiverse built up and each universe may have different mechanics and conversion methods. My players are aware of this and when travelling to other universes keep this in mind, so far only one group I run decided to migrate to another universe.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="THExFALLEN, post: 9555799, member: 7036643"] The defense bonus is actually a slightly modified system of the Unearthed Arcana SRD variant from 3.5e here is it's link ( [URL='https://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/adventuring/defenseBonus.htm']Defense Bonus :: d20srd.org[/URL] ) and as for the damage reduction with full-plate. The "/X" represents what bypasses the DR. So in the case of full-plate it actually stops slashing but ballistic and bludgeoning bypass the DR they do not get stopped. I chose this because historically plate armor yes did help reduce bludgeoning weapon's damage, but not by much as you'd still be often left with bruising and broken bones. I know it wasn't mentioned yet but also I am aware that with certain piercing weapons, they could also get past plate, however the reason I am against adding piercing to what bypasses the armor type is because I have options for each weapon and some piercing weapons can with greater effort partially or entirely bypass plate. find your suggestion though interesting on the defense bonus, I'll create a world that utilizes this and test it. (What I mean by this is I have a multiverse built up and each universe may have different mechanics and conversion methods. My players are aware of this and when travelling to other universes keep this in mind, so far only one group I run decided to migrate to another universe.) [/QUOTE]

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