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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Archmage" data-source="post: 4286571" data-attributes="member: 6760">I really don't understand the confusion. The minimum ability scores given are required to choose the feat. However, fighters don't have to choose the feat - they know how to use the armor as a feature of their class. It really is that simple. A paladin who chose an 8 Str and 8 Con (and who obviously has about a 4 Int!) could wear plate. Why? Because a feature of the paladin class is proficiency with plate armor. The character doesn't have to meet the prerequisites of a class feature. If he did, you would expect to see something like "paladins with a 15 or higher in Str and Con can wear plate."However, they probably should have left out the brief blurb in the class section that says armor and weapon allowances for each class count as the appropriate proficiency feats, or at least they should have emphasized that the prerequisites don't matter.</blockquote>