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Message: <blockquote data-quote="d4" data-source="post: 1021350" data-attributes="member: 12699">well of course. everyone knows that hard metal full plate armor is more flexible than something like clothing. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />so light armor restricts your Dex but you keep your Str bonus. heavy armor restricts your Str but you keep your Dex bonus.so now all the "tank" fighters with 18 Str and 10 Dex will be wearing leather, and all the "swashbuckler" fighters with 10 Str and 18 Dex will be wearing full plate.sure, that makes sense. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> my favorite bit was that your attack bonus is modified by how much damage your weapon does, under the assumption that small, light weapons like daggers are easier to swing than a big, heavy weapon... but monks' unarmed combat damage is specifically affected by the same rule, meaning that high-level monks might end up with a worse attack roll than low-level monks, because they do so much more damage. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> it sure is written that way. in where he's talking about armor being damage reduction now, he mentions that "some" characters, like assassins, will know how to use daggers and other low-damage weapons effectively against people in heavy armor, bypassing their armor's damage reduction. but no game mechanic describing who can do it, with what kind of weapons, against which armors. we have to wait for this guy to stop by our house during our game to decide on the spot for us or something.</blockquote>

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