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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2064046" data-attributes="member: 707">The problem I have with this fact--as a proof that the Monk's Belt as written isn't a problem--is that the two values stack.&nbsp; The Cleric or Druid can start off with the half-plate, then at around 10th-level pick up the Monk's Belt to add a stat previously unrelated to AC (and also that character's best stat, most likely to be pumped to high-heaven) to AC.Dexterity doesn't enter into the matter.&nbsp; Everyone gets to add Dex to their AC, and yes some classes gain a benefit from that because they favor Dex.&nbsp; But the Monk's Belt provides non-monks with an extremely affordable (at mid levels), non-baseline AC bonus that skews balance, IMO.For me to be all right with it, there'd need to be a Brute's Belt that allowed the fighter to gain 1+str to AC, and a Belt of Glory that granted the paladin 1+cha to AC, and a Thinker's Belt that allowed the wizard to add 1+Int to his AC.&nbsp; Each for 13k.Edit to add:&nbsp; Yes, I did just forget the restriction to monk AC.&nbsp; My point still holds with regards to druids and wizards, though clearly the AC bonus from such a belt wouldn't help fighters and paladins.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :o"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 2064046, member: 707"] The problem I have with this fact--as a proof that the [i]Monk's Belt[/i] as written isn't a problem--is that the two values stack. The Cleric or Druid can start off with the half-plate, then at around 10th-level pick up the [i]Monk's Belt[/i] to add a stat previously unrelated to AC (and also that character's best stat, most likely to be pumped to high-heaven) to AC. Dexterity doesn't enter into the matter. Everyone gets to add Dex to their AC, and yes some classes gain a benefit from that because they favor Dex. But the [i]Monk's Belt[/i] provides non-monks with an extremely affordable (at mid levels), non-baseline AC bonus that skews balance, IMO. For me to be all right with it, there'd need to be a Brute's Belt that allowed the fighter to gain 1+str to AC, and a Belt of Glory that granted the paladin 1+cha to AC, and a Thinker's Belt that allowed the wizard to add 1+Int to his AC. Each for 13k. Edit to add: Yes, I did just forget the restriction to monk AC. My point still holds with regards to druids and wizards, though clearly the AC bonus from such a belt wouldn't help fighters and paladins. :o [/QUOTE]

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