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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8037658" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>Uh-huh, but he could be knocked to the floor or seriously injured if he ignored someone with a bludgeoning weapon, even if it didn't penetrate, and could end up getting seriously hurt by a piercing weapon in a variety of ways.</p><p></p><p>Plate is extremely good at dealing with slashing weapons (as was chainmail, but plate is both better and easier to move around in and arguably to maintain), but not as foolproof as you're suggesting. And if you get knocked down or stunned or grappled or rendered semi-conscious or whatever, all it takes is a normal dagger to end it all.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure, but I'm talking about professional game designers doing actual tests involving hundreds or thousands of people and go on for months or more, not a single amateur going with what their group SAY they like.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I mean, have you actually looked at the actual numbers? It sounds like not. AC18 isn't hard to get at low levels, and your chance of being hit by lower-end monsters is drastically lower than a PC with, say, 14 AC (not 20% lower as you might expect).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8037658, member: 18"] Uh-huh, but he could be knocked to the floor or seriously injured if he ignored someone with a bludgeoning weapon, even if it didn't penetrate, and could end up getting seriously hurt by a piercing weapon in a variety of ways. Plate is extremely good at dealing with slashing weapons (as was chainmail, but plate is both better and easier to move around in and arguably to maintain), but not as foolproof as you're suggesting. And if you get knocked down or stunned or grappled or rendered semi-conscious or whatever, all it takes is a normal dagger to end it all. Sure, but I'm talking about professional game designers doing actual tests involving hundreds or thousands of people and go on for months or more, not a single amateur going with what their group SAY they like. I mean, have you actually looked at the actual numbers? It sounds like not. AC18 isn't hard to get at low levels, and your chance of being hit by lower-end monsters is drastically lower than a PC with, say, 14 AC (not 20% lower as you might expect). [/QUOTE]
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