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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7639427" data-attributes="member: 20564">Every single character cares about AC.  If you want to pretend that only front-liners do, then cross off all the ranged attackers whom light armor gives a good AC as well, all the casting clerics with heavy armor who want to be protected, etc.  But I can tell you we often have squishies in the back line targeted, be it to kill them off or to break concentration.It isn't at all the same as weapons for non-weapon wielders - those get used infrequently while every character gets attacked.You are exactly right, now follow your statement to it's conclusion.  Unless your character build invests heavily in DEX, Medium Armor is superior to Light Armor.  Your valor bard who's boosting CHR, your clerics who's domain don't grant heavy armor and will never have have a reason to increase DEX - but are still up there casting spirit guardians (or just don't want to be hit to keep up concentration buffs), and so on.  There are plenty of classes that are not served by pumping all of their ASIs into DEX but still don't want to be hit.</blockquote>