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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pauln6" data-source="post: 6782729" data-attributes="member: 6777422">You could do a compromise.  You could allow natural armour to function in a similar way to Dex and cap it as max +1 to the AC granted if wearing medium armour and max +2 if wearing heavy armour.  Hill Giant AC13 (natural armour +4, -1 dex)Hill Giant In Scale AC14 (Armour -1dex +1 bonus)Hill Giant in Plate AC20 (Amour +2 bonus)Or if your natural armour bonus is equal to or greater than half the bonus you get from your worn armour (as a bonus from base 10) then you get an extra +1 to AC, otherwise you get the AC granted by the armour or natural armour alone.  So it won't often be worthwhile.Hill Giant AC13 (natural armour +4, -1 dex)Hill Giant In Scale AC14 (Armour4/2= 2) -1 dex +1 bonus)Hill Giant in Plate AC19 (Amour(8/2 = 4) +1 bonus but something with only +3 natural armour would gain no bonus)Mind you, all giants should probably have +4 natural armour (except stone giants) but it is absent from their stat block if they wear armour.</blockquote>