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<blockquote data-quote="jeff0" data-source="post: 4319418" data-attributes="member: 65883">I worked through the same analysis yesterday and got similar results. Though I'll point out that Light and Heavy armor scales at the same rate (though at different times), assuming that the light armor user is raising Dex/Int at every opportunity.Light improves by 2 (masterwork) + 4 (Int/Dex) + 6 (magic item) = +12.Heavy improves by 6 (masterwork) + 6 (magic item) = +12.I agree with Destil, in that other things make up for the small gaps between PC and monster advancement. The other important thing to note, is that monster defenses don't go up by exactly 1/level. Or at least not for dragons (hopefully other monsters work similarly). As dragons age, most of their defenses increase by 1/level. Each type seems to have weak defenses, which advance slightly slower. Some also have strong defenses which advance a tad faster.At higher levels, attacking the weakest defense becomes a lot more important, both for the PCs and the monsters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeff0, post: 4319418, member: 65883"] I worked through the same analysis yesterday and got similar results. Though I'll point out that Light and Heavy armor scales at the same rate (though at different times), assuming that the light armor user is raising Dex/Int at every opportunity. Light improves by 2 (masterwork) + 4 (Int/Dex) + 6 (magic item) = +12. Heavy improves by 6 (masterwork) + 6 (magic item) = +12. I agree with Destil, in that other things make up for the small gaps between PC and monster advancement. The other important thing to note, is that monster defenses don't go up by exactly 1/level. Or at least not for dragons (hopefully other monsters work similarly). As dragons age, most of their defenses increase by 1/level. Each type seems to have weak defenses, which advance slightly slower. Some also have strong defenses which advance a tad faster. At higher levels, attacking the weakest defense becomes a lot more important, both for the PCs and the monsters. [/QUOTE]

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