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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 7639267" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>These are all ACs that are close enough in the same ballpark that more often than not things like shields, magical armors, spells, and other class features and abilities that affect or change AC render any attempts to make some sort of universal "balanced" chart for the three levels of armor pretty much moot.</p><p></p><p>If Clerics wear medium but feel they need some points of AC, they can use a shield, raise their DEX, cast Shield of Faith on themselves, etc. etc. Druids can cast Barkskin for an AC of 16 if an extra point or two of AC matters to them or just Wild Shape and take the extra pool of HP to be their "better armor". And Rangers will probably have the 2 points of DEX to start with and could take the Defense fighting style if it really mattered. So at the end of the day, the Medium armor PCs will have a certain group of numbers for their AC, and it'll be in and around the heavy armor wearers and in and around the light armor wearers. It all works itself out in the wash and nothing I don't think needs to get too noodly on. But that's just me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 7639267, member: 7006"] These are all ACs that are close enough in the same ballpark that more often than not things like shields, magical armors, spells, and other class features and abilities that affect or change AC render any attempts to make some sort of universal "balanced" chart for the three levels of armor pretty much moot. If Clerics wear medium but feel they need some points of AC, they can use a shield, raise their DEX, cast Shield of Faith on themselves, etc. etc. Druids can cast Barkskin for an AC of 16 if an extra point or two of AC matters to them or just Wild Shape and take the extra pool of HP to be their "better armor". And Rangers will probably have the 2 points of DEX to start with and could take the Defense fighting style if it really mattered. So at the end of the day, the Medium armor PCs will have a certain group of numbers for their AC, and it'll be in and around the heavy armor wearers and in and around the light armor wearers. It all works itself out in the wash and nothing I don't think needs to get too noodly on. But that's just me. [/QUOTE]
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