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<blockquote data-quote="monboesen" data-source="post: 2068729" data-attributes="member: 4647">Ahh. Good call about the shield and touch AC. I'll edit that out. If you read closely I did take into account the possibility of some wonky material breastplate. The main points still stand. Druid1 will have the (slightly better) AC and a far better touch AC for less gold.A 11th level druid has 4 feats. Spending one of them on an armor proficiency is a heavy cost. And the monks belt one will not take that. I'm assuming they are equal except for the equipment. I'm sure there are plenty worthwhile feats in the Complete X books and Races of X books that a druid would want.And as for maxing out your spellcasting stat. Thats always a good idea unless you are going for a multiclass build with less than full caster ability. More spells, higher DC, better will save. Honestly why not, its not even expensive.And then there is the fact that the monks belt druid will always have the belt on. No matter the situation. Sleeping, social situations, swimming it does not matter. Not so with the armor. At 11th level you should experiencing plenty of attempted ambushes and surprise attacks as first strike and initiative matters more and more with levels.But hey I'm not expecting total agreement here. I don't think it is clear cut in every campaign but I really really do not like the wording on this item. I know that IMC with lots of undead and magic the belt will be the better option, every time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="monboesen, post: 2068729, member: 4647"] Ahh. Good call about the shield and touch AC. I'll edit that out. If you read closely I did take into account the possibility of some wonky material breastplate. The main points still stand. Druid1 will have the (slightly better) AC and a far better touch AC for less gold. A 11th level druid has 4 feats. Spending one of them on an armor proficiency is a heavy cost. And the monks belt one will not take that. I'm assuming they are equal except for the equipment. I'm sure there are plenty worthwhile feats in the Complete X books and Races of X books that a druid would want. And as for maxing out your spellcasting stat. Thats always a good idea unless you are going for a multiclass build with less than full caster ability. More spells, higher DC, better will save. Honestly why not, its not even expensive. And then there is the fact that the monks belt druid will always have the belt on. No matter the situation. Sleeping, social situations, swimming it does not matter. Not so with the armor. At 11th level you should experiencing plenty of attempted ambushes and surprise attacks as first strike and initiative matters more and more with levels. But hey I'm not expecting total agreement here. I don't think it is clear cut in every campaign but I really really do not like the wording on this item. I know that IMC with lots of undead and magic the belt will be the better option, every time. [/QUOTE]

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