Non-armor bonuses to AC?

[Jeff Wilder]

What are possible bonuses to AC other than "armor bonus"?

Those I can think of: shield bonus, natural armor bonus, dodge bonus, deflection bonus, luck bonus, circumstance bonus ...

Any others? Are all of the possible bonus types listed somewhere?

I have a half-ogre who's going to need to pump his AC without wearing armor.

 

[mvincent]

What are possible bonuses to AC other than "armor bonus"?

Those I can think of: shield bonus, natural armor bonus, dodge bonus, deflection bonus, luck bonus, circumstance bonus ...

Any others? Are all of the possible bonus types listed somewhere?

- Size bonus
- Insight bonus (Ioun stone)
- Cover bonus (mount + high riding skill)
- Enhancement bonuses to armor and/or shield,
- Enhancement bonus natural armor (amulet of natural armor, which stacks with any regular natural armor)
- Unnamed bonus (defending weapon)
- Dex bonus
- Enhancement bonus to dex (gloves of dex)
- Monk/Wisdom bonus (monk's belt)

... and probably many more (sacred, profane, etc.). Instead of me detailing them, check out [url="http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=439367]this thread[/url] for more complete information.

 

[Three_Haligonians]

Don't forget sacred if your good, or profane if your evil.

Or.. both if your clever.

J from Three Haligonians

 

[Sejs]

which stacks with say, alter-self: troglodyte form

Which doesn't work when the base creature isn't humanoid. Half-ogres are giants.

On the bright side, half-ogres are giants.


Also: insight bonuses to AC.

 

[mvincent]

Which doesn't work when the base creature isn't humanoid. Half-ogres are giants.

Yeah. I noticed that (and changed it) afterwards. I also removed the reference to reduce person. They were just examples anyway, but best not to suggest an example that the OP cannot use.

On the bright side, half-ogres are giants.

Any idea on how to use this effectively? A ring of spell-storing loaded with alter self could give him the shape of an actual ogre (+5 natural AC), but I believe that is about it.

Also: insight bonuses to AC.

Now that I had in the original post.

 

[Darklone]

He is large, he is a giant, why not firegiant?

 

[Hypersmurf]

He is large, he is a giant, why not firegiant?

5HD limit...

-Hyp.

 

[IanB]

There are a couple other giants 5 HD or less - forest troll, for example, although he loses his size that way. Taers are technically giants, I think, but again, are medium. I'm sure there's something I'm not remembering off the top of my head.

 

[Sejs]

Any idea on how to use this effectively? A ring of spell-storing loaded with alter self could give him the shape of an actual ogre (+5 natural AC), but I believe that is about it.

That's more or less what I was thinking. That and he's pretty rough and tumble to begin with, being a half-ogre. I believe some of the troll variants may have fewer than 5hd as well, and would thus qualify. I'd have to look, though.

Now that I had in the original post.

Oop, so you did. My mistake.