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<blockquote data-quote="Mirtek" data-source="post: 4399249" data-attributes="member: 40810">Because none of them comes close to the power of +2 AC and +2 RefYour job is not to get hit, just to make the enemy try (and fail) to hit you. Your not a WoW tank whose job it is to get hit (because he needs to get hit to gain his rage/mana to do his job) and burn the healers mana.Your job is to not get hit and thus get the enemy to waste their attacks. Otherwise I feel sorry for your leaders and your healing surges won't last longer than 2-3 fights (which brings us back to the 5 minute workday of past editions)The icentive is not that you will be easily hit, your job is not to get hit. The incentive is that -2 penalty and the punishing extra attack from you if they do not attack you.With the -2 penalty for not hiting you, the average striker will have the same AC as you with your shield (fighter in scale + heavy shield =&nbsp; AC 19 / ranger with 18 Dex and hide&nbsp; = AC 17 add a -2 penalty and it's effectively AC 19 too). Thus it's no advantage for the monster to try to hit the striker but only a disadvantage because you get a free attack.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mirtek, post: 4399249, member: 40810"] Because none of them comes close to the power of +2 AC and +2 Ref Your job is not to get hit, just to make the enemy try (and fail) to hit you. Your not a WoW tank whose job it is to get hit (because he needs to get hit to gain his rage/mana to do his job) and burn the healers mana. Your job is to not get hit and thus get the enemy to waste their attacks. Otherwise I feel sorry for your leaders and your healing surges won't last longer than 2-3 fights (which brings us back to the 5 minute workday of past editions) The icentive is not that you will be easily hit, your job is not to get hit. The incentive is that -2 penalty and the punishing extra attack from you if they do not attack you. With the -2 penalty for not hiting you, the average striker will have the same AC as you with your shield (fighter in scale + heavy shield = AC 19 / ranger with 18 Dex and hide = AC 17 add a -2 penalty and it's effectively AC 19 too). Thus it's no advantage for the monster to try to hit the striker but only a disadvantage because you get a free attack. [/QUOTE]

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