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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 2171819" data-attributes="member: 99">I thought this was unequivocal by the RAW (admittedly I didn't see the entry in the A&EG but I Googled it and found some rules that I thought were cut and pasted from OA).  My understanding was that the Dastana did occupy the Bracer slot.In case it wasn't clear above (and not that it really matters), I disallowed the Dastana from my campaign entirely.  I just don't like the idea of the things.In my mind, a Chain Shirt is as heavy an armor as you can wear and still have it considered Light.  You cannot therefore add on a pair of large greaves and still be wearing Light armor.  You've upgraded to something heavier that now gives a better AC but also carries with it some movement penalties, a higher ACP and worse Max Dex.I think that adding in a piece of armor, whether enchantable or not, that completely invalidates the Medium armors and starts to heavily impinge on the relative effacacy of the Heavy armors is not something I need to bother with.  Since it didn't matter much to the PC, I disallowed it and moved on.It also bothered me a bit to have an item in the game that, if I allowed it to be enchanted, became suddenly better than Bracers of Armor in every way and cost the same amount (less the cost for the Masterwork Dastana).  And if I didn't allow it to be enchanted then I'd suddenly created this bizarre, unique sort of item that was immune to enchantment.I'm more than happy for this thread to continue serving as a platform for the rules debate over stacking.  But my decision has been made and I'm not looking back.</blockquote>

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