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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UngeheuerLich" data-source="post: 6034864" data-attributes="member: 59057">There migh be a module, where you just add some bonuses to AC based on level, and actually I am not against such a bonus, just as I am not against a bonus to "to-hit" by level.  But this bonus needs to be individual for each class, not a strict function of level.  So a Fighter migt get +1 to AC once in a while, a monk too. A wizard however should not, but some wizards may gain spells that augment AC, and that spell migt be "at-will"  So a war wizard or an abjurer might get an at will spell, that increases AC by +1 per 5 levels. So if a player asks: why do you have a higher AC, you have an in game explanation: Magic!  The fighter, who gets +1 to AC per 3 levels also has: Skill at arms!  The rogue might get a dodge ability, where he can increase his AC by 4 1/5 levels per day, and can explain it: "I am just lucky"  You could also start differentiating hp by this: the fighter just has very high hp, the wizard a lot lower, but magic spells to protect him... (oh ok, that is old) There is a second problem which will arise, if HP and AC are linear functions of level: the defensive power rises quadratic. So the game does not scale very well. (See early 4e)  So one of those stats should be fixed. And in D&D it is traditionall AC which is fixed and HP rises. There are different games, where you increase an AC like stat (parry values etc) and hp remain more or less the same!edit: sorry for the formatting... enworld seems quite buggy for me since the downtime</blockquote>

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