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<blockquote data-quote="Xeviat" data-source="post: 7621999" data-attributes="member: 57494">Maybe!I'd really prefer if medium armor granted +1 AC over leather armor and the dex you'd have at a given level. The trouble is that there is only 1 upgrade for each kind of medium armor (ignoring Hide). Dex-based characters typically start with Dex 16 and improve that to 18 at 4th and 20th at 8th levels, if they don't go for feats. Medium Armor Master exists, but the light armor wearer is getting +AC from their Dex the whole way, and you'd have to give up a whole ASI (granted, Halfplate with a Dex 16 and Medium Armor mastery is +2 AC over Breastplate).I just feel like Medium Armor proficiency should always give you something. Luckily, it comes paired with shield proficiency, so that's something.If scale was 15+1 and half plate was 16+1, medium armor mastery would get them to the same ends for a medium armor dex character like the Ranger or some Fighter/Rogue mix (would 5/15 Fighter/Rogue be a good mix?), but it would be a good buff for medium armor characters who are unlikely to be boosting Dex (barbarian, cleric, druids if you're generous with variant material plates).Maybe the only issue is that a 20 Con Barbarian gets a higher AC out of breastplate than going naked; but they are picking up a stealth disadvantage so that might be okay.Want to take a Medium armor discussion elsewhere?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Xeviat, post: 7621999, member: 57494"] Maybe! I'd really prefer if medium armor granted +1 AC over leather armor and the dex you'd have at a given level. The trouble is that there is only 1 upgrade for each kind of medium armor (ignoring Hide). Dex-based characters typically start with Dex 16 and improve that to 18 at 4th and 20th at 8th levels, if they don't go for feats. Medium Armor Master exists, but the light armor wearer is getting +AC from their Dex the whole way, and you'd have to give up a whole ASI (granted, Halfplate with a Dex 16 and Medium Armor mastery is +2 AC over Breastplate). I just feel like Medium Armor proficiency should always give you something. Luckily, it comes paired with shield proficiency, so that's something. If scale was 15+1 and half plate was 16+1, medium armor mastery would get them to the same ends for a medium armor dex character like the Ranger or some Fighter/Rogue mix (would 5/15 Fighter/Rogue be a good mix?), but it would be a good buff for medium armor characters who are unlikely to be boosting Dex (barbarian, cleric, druids if you're generous with variant material plates). Maybe the only issue is that a 20 Con Barbarian gets a higher AC out of breastplate than going naked; but they are picking up a stealth disadvantage so that might be okay. Want to take a Medium armor discussion elsewhere? [/QUOTE]

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