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<blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 4625176" data-attributes="member: 2020">Pity the poor wizard of that time.&nbsp; She could not wear armor, period (chainmail bikinis included.)&nbsp; And her robes easily burned.&nbsp; The 1E wizard was better off in a bikini.&nbsp; The best you could hope for from Dexterity was AC 6.&nbsp; AC 5, if you could somehow obtain 19 dexterity (an elf.)&nbsp; &nbsp; But then again ...&nbsp; A +3 Ring of Protection and 18 Dexterity granted AC 3 (AC 17), the equivalent of plate mail.&nbsp; Not bad.&nbsp; An elven girl with a +5 Ring of Protection and 19 dexterity, would have had an AC of 0 (AC 20 in 3E) or the equivalent of plate armor and shield.&nbsp; In 3E, it became easy to make weak Rings of Protection (up to +3) and you could supplement that with other kinds of protection, and Dexterity could go way beyond 19 quite easily (armbands of dexterity +3 that you made.)&nbsp; &nbsp; They had given up painting women in chainmail bikinis by then.&nbsp; Ironic.&nbsp; 3E made it into a much more practical and likely thing, that you'd see such an phonomenon.&nbsp; If *I* was a pretty girl, in a fantasy setting, I would want to show off my beauty (I'm a guy, not a pretty girl, so I can only conjecture here.)&nbsp; If I was a warrior/wizard, and I wanted to wear armor (had feats to mitigate Medium to Light Armor, and lessen spell failure chances) then ...&nbsp; Well heck, I'd cast Invisibility on the Armor, and some form of Weighlessness, and some form of Free Action (armor is *uncomfortable*) and make them Permanent.&nbsp; Then add an Invisible Cloak of Protection, my Dexterity, and anything else I could think up, and STILL show off my beauty.&nbsp; Just conjecture.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edena_of_Neith, post: 4625176, member: 2020"] Pity the poor wizard of that time. She could not wear armor, period (chainmail bikinis included.) And her robes easily burned. The 1E wizard was better off in a bikini. The best you could hope for from Dexterity was AC 6. AC 5, if you could somehow obtain 19 dexterity (an elf.) But then again ... A +3 Ring of Protection and 18 Dexterity granted AC 3 (AC 17), the equivalent of plate mail. Not bad. An elven girl with a +5 Ring of Protection and 19 dexterity, would have had an AC of 0 (AC 20 in 3E) or the equivalent of plate armor and shield. In 3E, it became easy to make weak Rings of Protection (up to +3) and you could supplement that with other kinds of protection, and Dexterity could go way beyond 19 quite easily (armbands of dexterity +3 that you made.) They had given up painting women in chainmail bikinis by then. Ironic. 3E made it into a much more practical and likely thing, that you'd see such an phonomenon. If *I* was a pretty girl, in a fantasy setting, I would want to show off my beauty (I'm a guy, not a pretty girl, so I can only conjecture here.) If I was a warrior/wizard, and I wanted to wear armor (had feats to mitigate Medium to Light Armor, and lessen spell failure chances) then ... Well heck, I'd cast Invisibility on the Armor, and some form of Weighlessness, and some form of Free Action (armor is *uncomfortable*) and make them Permanent. Then add an Invisible Cloak of Protection, my Dexterity, and anything else I could think up, and STILL show off my beauty. Just conjecture. [/QUOTE]

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