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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shin Okada" data-source="post: 4929503" data-attributes="member: 1956">Empower Spell feat does not work for Greater Mage Armor nor Shield. Those spells give you fixed number of armor/shield bonus and thus, have no variable number to empower.As you can gain Armor and Shield bonuses via those 2 spells, you should look for other types of bonuses to AC.Dragonskin spell (Spell Compendium) gives you good amount of Enhancement Bonus to your Natural Armor bonus (+5 at caster level 10). It is a 10 min./level spell.Deflection bonus is something hard to get for a mage. So, maybe you should rely on Ring of Protection.And, AC is not the only defense for a mage (or fighter mage). Mirror Image/Greater Mirror Image (SC) are good spells against melee/ranged attacks. Also, you should better consider using spells which gives you some kind of miss-chance. Even 2nd-level Blur spell not only gives you 20% miss-chance but also makes you immune to sneak attack.Spells like Death Armor (SC), Fire Shield and Acid Sheath (SC) will be good for a melee tank, too.</blockquote>