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<blockquote data-quote="JRRNeiklot" data-source="post: 5918140" data-attributes="member: 717">I'm not Lanefan, but I'll take a gander.&nbsp; Maybe he doesn't know stoneskin.&nbsp; Stoneskin is not a core spell.&nbsp;&nbsp; Also, He may have blown his chance to learn roll.&nbsp; Even a 16 int leaves you with a 35% chance to blow a learn spell roll.&nbsp; Perhaps he wasn't expecting them.&nbsp; He may have simply been returning home, not expecting company.&nbsp; Or he might have been alerted by some alarm type spell that'd gone off countless times due to rats, weather, the occasional farm boy, etc and his guard was down.&nbsp;&nbsp; Blow all your spells just to magic missile a rat?&nbsp; As for his ac, I never had a magic user get an ac into the negatives.&nbsp; Ever.&nbsp; A fighter/mu, yes, but not a straight up magic user.&nbsp; Bracers ac 6, rop +2, that's still an ac of 4.&nbsp; I think by the book, a cloak stacks with a ring (I always ruled they didn't stack, much like wearing two rings of protection.)&nbsp; Still, a cloak +2 gets him down to ac 2.&nbsp; A 5th level fighter hits that on a 14, and one of the two would have been on the flank for a +1 bonus, or from the rear for a +2.&nbsp; Hard to hit, but not impossible.&nbsp; Especially with a strength bonus or a magical weapon or two.&nbsp; Or if (shudder) UA weapon specialization is used.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JRRNeiklot, post: 5918140, member: 717"] I'm not Lanefan, but I'll take a gander. Maybe he doesn't know stoneskin. Stoneskin is not a core spell. Also, He may have blown his chance to learn roll. Even a 16 int leaves you with a 35% chance to blow a learn spell roll. Perhaps he wasn't expecting them. He may have simply been returning home, not expecting company. Or he might have been alerted by some alarm type spell that'd gone off countless times due to rats, weather, the occasional farm boy, etc and his guard was down. Blow all your spells just to magic missile a rat? As for his ac, I never had a magic user get an ac into the negatives. Ever. A fighter/mu, yes, but not a straight up magic user. Bracers ac 6, rop +2, that's still an ac of 4. I think by the book, a cloak stacks with a ring (I always ruled they didn't stack, much like wearing two rings of protection.) Still, a cloak +2 gets him down to ac 2. A 5th level fighter hits that on a 14, and one of the two would have been on the flank for a +1 bonus, or from the rear for a +2. Hard to hit, but not impossible. Especially with a strength bonus or a magical weapon or two. Or if (shudder) UA weapon specialization is used. [/QUOTE]

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