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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9223703" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>Using ordinal numbers ("first-class armor") and yet expecting people to do sums and differences with them is straight-up contradicting the process of math. There is no productive defense of descending AC as it was articulated in early D&D. Even the mathematically easiest form of d20 calculation--what is known as "Target 20"--does not use descending AC. I, personally, don't care for Target 20 (it requires either alienating the player from direct knowledge of their success, or explicitly stating every creature's AC, something I prefer not to do), but I can recognize that it is objectively the easiest and most intuitive calculation proper, all else being equal.</p></blockquote><p></p>