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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8140151" data-attributes="member: 7006">I'm looking at a similar thing for my Theros campaign I'm prepping, where to maintain a more Greek-style theme I'm only using padded armor, leather armor, or breastplate.My determination was that the players will just have to accept lower than normal ACs from a typical D&D campaign.  A hoplite with breastplate and a shield will give an AC of 16 (plus one or two DEX points if applicable).  And I think that will just work better.  Because truth be told... most monsters in the MM as-written are actually better suited as enemies when PC's DON'T all have armor classes higher than 16.Take a look at them all... until you start reaching the double-digit CRs, their attack bonuses are usually all in the +3 to +6 range.  Which means if you keep ACs at 16 or lower, you can maintain around a 40%-50% chance to hit PCs which I think is beneficial for creating worthwhile encounters.  The PCs will be hitting around 60% of the time, the monsters around or less than 50%.  That's a good balance for me (especially for parties that have 6 or more PCs in them).  Because when you have parties consisting of almost all the PCs with ACs around 17, 18, 20... your normal monsters you'd want to use will rarely ever hit (unless you give them all Pack Tactics or many Multiattack attacks, which become unwieldy as hell each and every combat).So I say keep the armors as you have them and don't add anything else to bump ACs.  Let the players bump up their Dexterities if they feel they need additional protection... but in truth these lower ACs will just allow you to use more normal monsters as-is without having to bump their stats up the wazoo to create challenges.</blockquote>

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