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Message: <blockquote data-quote="5ekyu" data-source="post: 7797000" data-attributes="member: 6919838">Well, ok do he did a lot of work and came to a conclusion, it's worth respecting the work sure but there are still massive differences in gsme to game play.To me and my play, Mage Armour vs Shield, if I ignore Magic Misdile defense, it comes down to math.Made armor tends to make a difference of 1 hit in 7 attacks.Shield tends to make a difference every time it is used.So, I have to be attacked like 10-14 times before mage armor passes shield. But, hey, wait, of those 10-14 attacks, how many hit anyway?As an AC 15 mage armor wizard, against just ten attacks with maybe a +2 to hit, that's still four attacks that got thru. At first level, if we assume thsts two separate encounters, that is likely to drop me anyway. If we raise it to 14, now I am taking six successful attacks even after Mage Armor. That is not a sustainable environment and tactical play style. At the frequency of attacks needed to make mage armor msthematically superior to Shield just for stopping hits - the Mage is pretty much toast. So thats why I dont like made armor over shield. I am losing anyway if I am getting the mileage out of it because for every hit it blocks I likely am taking three others over it. I am much better off casting other spells like Fog Cloud or Silent Image or Magic Missile or Charm Person or Thunderwave etc etc etc thst csn seing a battle more significantly than a Mage Armor thst doednt save me anyway. Heck, False Life is even likely a better choice.</blockquote>

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