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<blockquote data-quote="redrick" data-source="post: 7304716" data-attributes="member: 6777696"><p>It doesn't necessarily break the game, but it can skew the balance in a way that requires the DM to adjust other factors to compensate. For instance, in the above example, a level 8 Barbarian in a loin cloth has equal AC to a level 8 Fighter with Defensive fighting style, due to a combination of unusually high Dex and unusually high Con, without any sacrifice to Strength. The Fighter gave something up to get that armor class, and having an AC that high is meant to be reserved for the folks in heavy armor, to compensate for the drawbacks to heavy armor.</p><p></p><p>By contrast, I had a level 8 Barbarian made with a point buy. I don't have the sheet in front of me, but her AC was either 15 or 16. I know I put at least one ASI into Con. Comparable to a Dex character at that level with light armor.</p><p></p><p>One solution is to put magic heavy armor into the mix to give your Fighter the AC edge they deserve, but now your ACs are starting to climb higher than intended, and you need to look at attack bonuses for your monsters, etc, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redrick, post: 7304716, member: 6777696"] It doesn't necessarily break the game, but it can skew the balance in a way that requires the DM to adjust other factors to compensate. For instance, in the above example, a level 8 Barbarian in a loin cloth has equal AC to a level 8 Fighter with Defensive fighting style, due to a combination of unusually high Dex and unusually high Con, without any sacrifice to Strength. The Fighter gave something up to get that armor class, and having an AC that high is meant to be reserved for the folks in heavy armor, to compensate for the drawbacks to heavy armor. By contrast, I had a level 8 Barbarian made with a point buy. I don't have the sheet in front of me, but her AC was either 15 or 16. I know I put at least one ASI into Con. Comparable to a Dex character at that level with light armor. One solution is to put magic heavy armor into the mix to give your Fighter the AC edge they deserve, but now your ACs are starting to climb higher than intended, and you need to look at attack bonuses for your monsters, etc, etc. [/QUOTE]
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