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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Asisreo" data-source="post: 8352207" data-attributes="member: 7019027">If everyone had access to all armors, there'd be no reason. But not all characters have all armor available to them. Obviously, there's the transitional stages of armor. So maybe a character with heavy and medium armor proficiency but only a +1 dex would choose plate over half-plate. But if that armor is a +3 half-plate, it would be more tempting even if its not "heavy." There's also armor with debuffs/modifiers like the ones with stealth disadvantage. If you were a rogue, would you take a +2 leather armor or padded leather? What about during stealth? And remember changing armor is basically impossible in-combat so a rogue would have a meaningful decision (keywords) about which armor they'll wear during a given sequence/encounter. Finally, there's the armors that have STR requirements. Maybe your cleric is a Life Cleric but your STR is only 13 and your DEX is only 14. Well, you could still equip heavy armor that does more protection than your medium/light armor if that heavy armor is a +2 chainmail armor. There is a point in magic armor that isn't the "maximum AC of the type" armor. It just isn't seen as much since we make assumptions like all heavy armor wearing characters have high strength or the stealth disadvantage doesn't matter that much.</blockquote>