D&D 5E (2014) Mage Armor and Defense fighting style

[Yardiff]

Does the Mage Armor spell qualify you as wearing armor for the Defense fighting style armor bonus?

 

[ehenning]

Nope


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[Li Shenron]

Does the Mage Armor spell qualify you as wearing armor for the Defense fighting style armor bonus?

No, Mage Armor doesn't give you an actual armor.

And the defensive fighting style is meant to represent being able to use armor more effectively than normal.

 

[BookBarbarian]

Grab the Mariner Fighting Style instead.

 

[Stalker0]

RAW it does not. That said, I'd allow it at my table.

 

[The Crimson Binome]

Ask your DM. It's a corner-case scenario, but you could argue it either way. I think it probably wouldn't fly in AL, though.

 

[Blue]

Rules as written, it does not. It doesn't qualify as armor any more than a barbarian or monk's unarmored defense does, or a druid's barkskin. An alternate way to think about it is that it doesn't require any of the armor proficiencies.

While the rules are clear, I don't see it as unbalanced and would allow it if a player at my table asked. But that would be a house rule and not something to fly at an AL event.