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<blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 2033027" data-attributes="member: 96">One thing to consider: +8 doesn't necessarily have to be the 'top end' for armor.&nbsp; If limiting Defense to the max dex bonus of the armor is a problem, then you could just set the defensive value of, say, plate armor to be higher than the top-end Defense bonus.&nbsp; This would have the additional side benefit of allowing you to differentiate more between the light and medium armor categories, and between the types of medium armor.Alternately, set Defense bonus multipliers by armor category - perhaps no or light armor allows you to use your full Defense bonus, medium armor allows you to use 2/3 of your defense bonus, and heavy armor only 1/3.&nbsp; Your high level character wearing plate is still better off than your low level character wearing plate, and the point where the defense bonus becomes better than the armor isn't until a Defense of +12 or so.&nbsp; If that's mechanically impossible to achieve then you should be fine.J</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drnuncheon, post: 2033027, member: 96"] One thing to consider: +8 doesn't necessarily have to be the 'top end' for armor. If limiting Defense to the max dex bonus of the armor is a problem, then you could just set the defensive value of, say, plate armor to be higher than the top-end Defense bonus. This would have the additional side benefit of allowing you to differentiate more between the light and medium armor categories, and between the types of medium armor. Alternately, set Defense bonus multipliers by armor category - perhaps no or light armor allows you to use your full Defense bonus, medium armor allows you to use 2/3 of your defense bonus, and heavy armor only 1/3. Your high level character wearing plate is still better off than your low level character wearing plate, and the point where the defense bonus becomes better than the armor isn't until a Defense of +12 or so. If that's mechanically impossible to achieve then you should be fine. J [/QUOTE]

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