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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 2062988" data-attributes="member: 2011">Agreed.And this is unbalanced how?Druid with +3 Leather Armor and +2 Shield has AC 19 right away at level 6.Druid with Monk's Belt and 19 Wisdom and Owl's Wisdom spell up has AC versus level of:AC: lvl17: 618: 819: 16+1 more AC if he adds a Periapt of Wisdom +6 at some point (for another 36000 GP).So, one Druid could get to AC 19 by level 16 IF he also casts a spell (or AC 20 if he spends another 36000 GP) whereas the other Druid has the better AC of 19 at level 6 through level 15.I do not see a balance issue here at all.The variability of the belt is irrelevant to balance when there are other core ways to get more AC for less money.Also, we are talking AC here. By the time your Wisdom hits 30 and you get +11 AC from the Monk's Belt, you would be high enough level to have +14 AC from +5 leather armor and +5 shield, or even higher with special materials.Plus, an AC bonus of +11 is not going to make much difference when the monsters and Fighters you meet at high level are +10 to hit for Strength alone (if the Druid has Wisdom 30, the opponent Fighter can have Strength 30).I do not understand your argument at all. Any Druid who takes a Belt's Monk instead of +3 Leather Armor and a +2 Shield is just going to die faster.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 2062988, member: 2011"] Agreed. And this is unbalanced how? Druid with +3 Leather Armor and +2 Shield has AC 19 right away at level 6. Druid with Monk's Belt and 19 Wisdom and Owl's Wisdom spell up has AC versus level of: AC: lvl 17: 6 18: 8 19: 16 +1 more AC if he adds a Periapt of Wisdom +6 at some point (for another 36000 GP). So, one Druid could get to AC 19 by level 16 IF he also casts a spell (or AC 20 if he spends another 36000 GP) whereas the other Druid has the better AC of 19 at level 6 through level 15. I do not see a balance issue here at all. The variability of the belt is irrelevant to balance when there are other core ways to get more AC for less money. Also, we are talking AC here. By the time your Wisdom hits 30 and you get +11 AC from the Monk's Belt, you would be high enough level to have +14 AC from +5 leather armor and +5 shield, or even higher with special materials. Plus, an AC bonus of +11 is not going to make much difference when the monsters and Fighters you meet at high level are +10 to hit for Strength alone (if the Druid has Wisdom 30, the opponent Fighter can have Strength 30). I do not understand your argument at all. Any Druid who takes a Belt's Monk instead of +3 Leather Armor and a +2 Shield is just going to die faster. [/QUOTE]

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