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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Falling Icicle" data-source="post: 6282584" data-attributes="member: 17077">This is a good point. Hopefully, it will force them to change the armor tables. I never liked studded leather as medium armor or chainmail as heavy, for example. That, and I never liked how some armors are just plain better than others. For example, why would anyone in their right mind buy padded armor when leather is just plain better and only 5 gp more? Only the poorest character would ever buy padded armor instead of leather, and even then, odds are pretty good he's going to make at least 5 gp in his first adventure and then never wear padded armor ever again.I'd prefer for each type of armor to have pros and cons that make them all worth considering, rather than just a race to buy the "best" type of armor in whatever category you wear. I'd rather they do something like this:Medium ArmorHide armor: AC 12 + Dex modifier (maximum +2)Chainmail: AC 13 + Dex modifier (maximum +2), Disadvantage on StealthScale Mail: AC 14 + Dex modifier (maximum +2), -5 ft. speed, Disadvantage on StealthBy doing it this way, there are some advantages to wearing the lighter and cheaper type of armor within that same category (fewer penalties), rather than being compelled to upgrade as soon as you can afford it because the more expensive and higher AC armors are in every way better than the others.</blockquote>