d20 Modern: armor penalty

[Trainz]

Greetings,

d20 Modern, p.80:

"Armor Proficiency (light)

[...] A character who wears armor with which she is not proficient takes an armor penalty on checks involving the following skills: Balance, Climb [...]"

Does this means that a character with Armor Proficiency (heavy) can make a Climb check with no penalties at all while wearing a Forced Entry Unit ?

 

[Forcegypsy]

Great...errata already.

Unless they have changed how it normally works...

The ACP always applies to those skills regardless of whether or not your character has the proper Armor Proficiency Feat. The normal line should read that the character also receives a penalty to attack rolls equal to the ACP. Having the proper Armor Proficiency eliminates the normal ACP to attack. Also, in D20 Modern, wearing armor without the correct proficiency also means that you use the Armor's non-proficiency bonus to Defense.