Monks wearing armor

[Toj]

Can a monk wear Bracers of Armor, or is he limited to rings of protection and amulets of natural armor?

 

[AGGEMAM]

Can a monk wear Bracers of Armor, ?

Yes.

 

[Toj]

Hrm... seems not to make sense.

I figured the reason monks get the AC bonus from wisdom and level was because they couldn't wear armor....

but if they can, well that's really not a weakness.

I guess it does factor in at lower levels, where they won't have access to the bracers.

 

[AGGEMAM]

I figured the reason monks get the AC bonus from wisdom and level was because they couldn't wear armor....

Bracers of Armor is not armor because it is magic item that duplicates the Mage Armor spell.

Non-magical bracers do not give any armor bonus therefore are bracers not armor.

 

[ConcreteBuddha]

Hrm... seems not to make sense.

I figured the reason monks get the AC bonus from wisdom and level was because they couldn't wear armor....

but if they can, well that's really not a weakness.

I guess it does factor in at lower levels, where they won't have access to the bracers.

The armor bonus that the bracers provide is less than what real magic armor would give you. They also take up a magic item slot. Monks also lose a slot from not being able to wear armor (or use shields.)

Besides, who ever said that monks not wearing armor was a weakness?

 

[Roland Delacroix]

Besides, who ever said that monks not wearing armor was a weakness?

True dat, monk levels almost always play a part in high AC smackdowns. From all reports the typical monk has a better AC than everyone except the sword-and-board Cleric with 2 Magic vestments going. Even the crappy NPC monk in the DMG has the best AC, right next to the Fighter.

 

[Asheron]

2 Magic vestments

2 of them??

 

[Destil]

2 of them??

One on the shield, one on the armor.

 

[Asheron]

Argh....

I missed the 'armor or shield' part
but man that's important!

More usefull than I thought...