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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 4268857" data-attributes="member: 2209">PC archers have often been heavy armored tanks in D&D.Going slower in heavier armor than in light armor is less of a drawback for an archer than a melee character, archers have range while melee characters must get to their foe.Pre 3e dex bonus to AC is not limited in armor.Pre 3e the primary reasons for an archer to be in lighter or no armor are if you are a multiclassed or dual classed character who avoids armor for the use of non fighter class abilities.In 3e straight fighters with their tons of archery applicable feats were the dominant archers IME and heavy armor is still a good way to go even with dex limits for armors and 20' vs 30' move. You have to have a 26 dex before leather armor is a better straight AC option than full plate.In D&D it has always been wise for combatants to have both a ranged and melee option and characters with multiple weapons (bow and sword and shield for example) are not uncommon IME.From looking at a picture of a D&D character in armor using a bow with a shield on his back and a sword at his side it is impossible to say from the picture alone whether he is primarily a heavy armor archer with melee weapons or a primarily melee combatant who happens to be using a bow. It can reasonably be either.</blockquote>