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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 3440505" data-attributes="member: 7635">You hit the nail on the head. I want to go for a feel that a lightly armored agile warrior can go toe-to-toe with a foe and use his skill to avoid blows, but it is just as viable for a heavily armored knight to take the penalties to speed, armor check, and max dex in order to gain some protection from armor. My problem came down to this example: Your a first level wizard. You have a Defense of +2 before dex and such. You get hit a lot. So at second level, you grab a level of fighter. BOOM. You now (and forevermore) have the same defense as a fighter (+6 at 2nd level). You never have to take another level of fighter to reap all the AC benefit from it. I think I will instead make the AC chart based on the class you have the Highest Level In.  So a Fighter3/Wizard1 uses the fighter bonus, a wizard3/fighter one uses the wizard bonus, and a wizard2/fighter2 choses which chart he wants to use (obviously, the fighter). I will grant the benefit of the better if the classes are within one of each other (so a fighter/ mage doesn't have to keep switching charts) but it will discourage ftr1/Another classX combos solely for the Def. As for the stacking of Armor AC to Defense, I'm still on the fence. Without it, magical armor is useless (and I do want PCs to have the option to have enchanted armor, but not feel I need to rely on it) but I'm afraid of High AC monsters if I allow the two together. I'm actually tempted to tie it it HD rather than Armor Prof. d10/d12 get the best, d8 next best, d6 third, d4 worst. This works with the idea of how sturdy they should be in combat and ends up tying to to BAB (indirectly) as well. As for the DR, I think turning it to nonlethal is a viable option. My fear is the fact that wearing armor means you can never "kill" a foe outright since they will drop at the nonlethal number and most will have to be tied up, coup de graced, or otherwise neutralized outside of combat. The variable DR is a interesting idea, but it adds another roll to the length of combat. More things to ponder...</blockquote>

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