Max Dex Bonus effect Touch attacks?

Majin

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Does it? If someone has a normal Dex bonus of +3 but they are wearing Banded Mail (Max Dex +1), does this affect their Touch attack AC as well? Effectively making the touch attack AC 11 instead of AC 13?

It says in the PHB that Max Dex Bonus doesn't affect other special abilities/skills/etc. but would your touch attack AC be included in that? I've been giving full dex bonus on touch attacks up till now but thinking about it even though armor is ignored during a touch attack the weight of wearing it would still hinder your body inside the armor from moving out of the way wouldn't it? I'm on the fence here about it. Does anyone know for certain?
 

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Majin said:
Does it? If someone has a normal Dex bonus of +3 but they are wearing Banded Mail (Max Dex +1), does this affect their Touch attack AC as well? Effectively making the touch attack AC 11 instead of AC 13?

It says in the PHB that Max Dex Bonus doesn't affect other special abilities/skills/etc. but would your touch attack AC be included in that? I've been giving full dex bonus on touch attacks up till now but thinking about it even though armor is ignored during a touch attack the weight of wearing it would still hinder your body inside the armor from moving out of the way wouldn't it? I'm on the fence here about it. Does anyone know for certain?

Max Dex bonus only affects your AC, nothing else.
 

But your Touch AC is your AC, less Armor and Natural Armor bonuses.

Your Dex bonus to AC is still limited, so your Touch AC would in this case be 10, plus your Dex bonus, which cannot be higher than +1, for a total of 11.

-Hyp.
 


I thought the same thing when I read the subject.

I was expecting to post a weary-and-resigned reply in the vein of "Yes, you still get your full Dex bonus on ranged attacks", "Yes, a rogue can make more than one sneak attack in a round", "No, a Sword of True Strikiness should cost more than 2000gp". I was pleasantly surprised :)

-Hyp.
 


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