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<blockquote data-quote="Goumindong" data-source="post: 4399939" data-attributes="member: 70874">That doesn't work because they are both armor bonuses.The real problem is wielding a shield, holding a dagger in that hand, and gaining the two weapon bonus to damage with your main hand and other such ridiculousness. Or as already stated, wearing plate armor over cloth armor and getting the abilities and enhancements of the cloth with the base AC of the Plate. But still getting bonuses due to wearing light armor(since you are indeed wearing light armor) AND heavy armor specialization bonuses. Heck, you even get to add your dex or intelligence to AC since when wearing heavy armor you don't add anything, but when wearing light armor you do. (so you both don't add and add and such end up adding).Holy Molle a fighter who puts on mundane cloth under his scalemail gains his dex or int bonus to AC and can use the much cheaper boots of striding or striding and springing. Ha ha, whoops!No, the rules simply do not state that this is the way it works, and rulings that state that this is the way it works are just plain wonky. The rules state very clearly in their clarifying and specific text that when using an item, any item, that occupies the same &quot;slot&quot; you can only gain the benefit from one of the two, whether or not that benefit is mundane or not.If you're using bracers and getting a benefit from them, you cannot use a shield. You must take the bracers off before using the shield.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Goumindong, post: 4399939, member: 70874"] That doesn't work because they are both armor bonuses. The real problem is wielding a shield, holding a dagger in that hand, and gaining the two weapon bonus to damage with your main hand and other such ridiculousness. Or as already stated, wearing plate armor over cloth armor and getting the abilities and enhancements of the cloth with the base AC of the Plate. But still getting bonuses due to wearing light armor(since you are indeed wearing light armor) AND heavy armor specialization bonuses. Heck, you even get to add your dex or intelligence to AC since when wearing heavy armor you don't add anything, but when wearing light armor you do. (so you both don't add and add and such end up adding). Holy Molle a fighter who puts on mundane cloth under his scalemail gains his dex or int bonus to AC and can use the much cheaper boots of striding or striding and springing. Ha ha, whoops! No, the rules simply do not state that this is the way it works, and rulings that state that this is the way it works are just plain wonky. The rules state very clearly in their clarifying and specific text that when using an item, any item, that occupies the same "slot" you can only gain the benefit from one of the two, whether or not that benefit is mundane or not. If you're using bracers and getting a benefit from them, you cannot use a shield. You must take the bracers off before using the shield. [/QUOTE]

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