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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arch-Fiend" data-source="post: 7840012" data-attributes="member: 7016641">i do use 3.5e though that game doesn't have realistic armor either, id actually argue that 5e does realistic armor better than any other edition (ok maybe not older than 3rd but i dont know those games very well) because of bounded accuracy, this means that the effect of armors ac is always going to apply to characters attack bonus and damage is going to be manageable enough to have a static armor protection system that will still be effective against most builds by 20th level. 3e can get a bit crazy with the numbers you might have heard.5e was designed so that high level characters cant walk into a city and a the thousand guards will be able to provide a meaningful threat, your right, and as far as i can tell you can still always hit without armor protection applied by rolling a 20, and a thousand guards can roll a lot of 20's not to mention certain weapons get around the bet armor in the system i created and especially so at close ranges.unfortunately the description in the srd for breastplates specifically states completely unarmered besides the breastplate (though i always assume a helmet because benefit of the doubt)</blockquote>