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<blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 6944278" data-attributes="member: 6799649"><p>I'll tell you: If I have, say, 16 Dex I still want as high a Con as I can so points spent on Con are worth it, but I have no use for Str at all so <strong>any</strong> points spent there are wasted. If you have Str 16 then any points on Dex are wasted.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm confident that each spellcasting stat could be made into a modifier that draws from both the current stat and a second mental stat.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In my post I indicated that I was talking about non-barbarian warriors; you don't have any in that party.</p><p></p><p>If you are a fighter, monk, paladin or ranger, then you either choose Str and heavy armour because you can dump Dex completely instead of wasting 7 points raising Dex to 14, or you choose Dex and dump Str completely. If you choose Dex then 20 Dex (which is a priority for Dex based warriors) and studded leather gives AC 17, or AC 18 if you can get <em>mage armour</em> or Draconic Resilience. Meanwhile, medium armour only allows +2 from Dex, so AC is 16, or 17 if you don't mind disadvantage on stealth.</p><p></p><p>The only time medium armour is viable is if you don't intend to raise your Dex above 14; perfectly viable for casters who will increase their casting stat instead of Dex, but <strong>not</strong> viable for either Dex based warriors who certainly will increase their Dex (and so end up with a better AC with light armour) OR Str based warriors (who have heavy armour so don't waste 7 build points on a useless stat).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arial Black, post: 6944278, member: 6799649"] I'll tell you: If I have, say, 16 Dex I still want as high a Con as I can so points spent on Con are worth it, but I have no use for Str at all so [B]any[/B] points spent there are wasted. If you have Str 16 then any points on Dex are wasted. I'm confident that each spellcasting stat could be made into a modifier that draws from both the current stat and a second mental stat. In my post I indicated that I was talking about non-barbarian warriors; you don't have any in that party. If you are a fighter, monk, paladin or ranger, then you either choose Str and heavy armour because you can dump Dex completely instead of wasting 7 points raising Dex to 14, or you choose Dex and dump Str completely. If you choose Dex then 20 Dex (which is a priority for Dex based warriors) and studded leather gives AC 17, or AC 18 if you can get [I]mage armour[/I] or Draconic Resilience. Meanwhile, medium armour only allows +2 from Dex, so AC is 16, or 17 if you don't mind disadvantage on stealth. The only time medium armour is viable is if you don't intend to raise your Dex above 14; perfectly viable for casters who will increase their casting stat instead of Dex, but [B]not[/B] viable for either Dex based warriors who certainly will increase their Dex (and so end up with a better AC with light armour) OR Str based warriors (who have heavy armour so don't waste 7 build points on a useless stat). [/QUOTE]
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