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Lvl 1 Bear Shaman AC a problem?
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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5226469" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>Eh, offense trumps defense mostly in 4e unless you're a defender, in which case you'd have adequate defense right off the bat anyway (AC at least). Still, an AC of 12 is pretty ugly. </p><p></p><p>Shaman are just plain squishy. They are probably the squishiest class in the game. Obviously its nice not to have to burn a feat on AC right off the bat. OTOH you can still do plenty of stuff and gaining a decent AC makes a lot of sense. Personally I think I'd go for chain. You'll get another feat at level 2 you can drop into expertise or one of the SC buffing feats. </p><p></p><p>As for the SC dying at level 1, its not all that likely. There are a few monsters that MIGHT be able to accomplish that, but chances are the DM isn't going to risk attacking the SC with them, he's more likely to go after something that will definitely feel the damage. Since the SC doesn't have to worry about AoEs of any kind you're actually pretty safe. I think I'd still want the AC, it really sucks to get focus fired on by a couple artillery monsters or ganked by a lurker.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5226469, member: 82106"] Eh, offense trumps defense mostly in 4e unless you're a defender, in which case you'd have adequate defense right off the bat anyway (AC at least). Still, an AC of 12 is pretty ugly. Shaman are just plain squishy. They are probably the squishiest class in the game. Obviously its nice not to have to burn a feat on AC right off the bat. OTOH you can still do plenty of stuff and gaining a decent AC makes a lot of sense. Personally I think I'd go for chain. You'll get another feat at level 2 you can drop into expertise or one of the SC buffing feats. As for the SC dying at level 1, its not all that likely. There are a few monsters that MIGHT be able to accomplish that, but chances are the DM isn't going to risk attacking the SC with them, he's more likely to go after something that will definitely feel the damage. Since the SC doesn't have to worry about AoEs of any kind you're actually pretty safe. I think I'd still want the AC, it really sucks to get focus fired on by a couple artillery monsters or ganked by a lurker. [/QUOTE]
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