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<blockquote data-quote="Kinematics" data-source="post: 8332867" data-attributes="member: 6932123">Because the costs aren't comparable without including that, but fall neatly in line if you do.I was writing notes for each armor in the listing as I came across them, and how the costs compared to each other. Medium armors worked out so that the same AC values led to approximately the same prices. For example, Breastplate +2 (16 AC) has the same cost as Chain Shirt +3 (16 AC): 2000 GP.This didn't require any Dex, because they were all the same armor type.&nbsp; Then when I started examining the heavy armors, I realized they fit on the same scale if you accounted for the expected Dex bonuses. Anything hitting AC 18 costs approximately 2000 GP.&nbsp; Heavy armor doesn't get any Dex bonuses, but the medium armors that had a 16 total were also priced in the 2000 range. Since the max Dex you can add in medium armor is +2, and that's easy to achieve for any class that can use medium armor, it makes sense to apply that to the AC total to understand how the armors compare, price-wise.And later, light armor fit in if you assumed a +4 Dex. If you assume +5 Dex, the base armor values break down (padded cloth becomes 10 AC, which is the same as no armor at all), so it can't be that high.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kinematics, post: 8332867, member: 6932123"] Because the costs aren't comparable without including that, but fall neatly in line if you do. I was writing notes for each armor in the listing as I came across them, and how the costs compared to each other. Medium armors worked out so that the same AC values led to approximately the same prices. For example, Breastplate +2 (16 AC) has the same cost as Chain Shirt +3 (16 AC): 2000 GP. This didn't require any Dex, because they were all the same armor type. Then when I started examining the heavy armors, I realized they fit on the same scale if you accounted for the expected Dex bonuses. Anything hitting AC 18 costs approximately 2000 GP. Heavy armor doesn't get any Dex bonuses, but the medium armors that had a 16 total were also priced in the 2000 range. Since the max Dex you can add in medium armor is +2, and that's easy to achieve for any class that can use medium armor, it makes sense to apply that to the AC total to understand how the armors compare, price-wise. And later, light armor fit in if you assumed a +4 Dex. If you assume +5 Dex, the base armor values break down (padded cloth becomes 10 AC, which is the same as no armor at all), so it can't be that high. [/QUOTE]

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