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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ferrix" data-source="post: 1530549" data-attributes="member: 6115">Ah.. some good ideas here...I think I'll go with 3 categories for defense bonus, makes that simpler.  Good, Average and Poor.Good starts at +4, Average at +3, Poor at +2, increases to +14, +11 and +8 at level 20.Poor = fighter, paladin, wizard, clericAverage = barbarian, sorcerer, druid, monk, rangerGood = bard, rogue and swashbucklerYou get a total Defense bonus equal to your class defense bonus plus your dexterity modifier which is limited by the max Dex bonus allowed by your armor.Armor as half DR, half AC; a remainder goes to AC.  (example Studded Leather = DR 1/AC +2, full plate +1 = DR 4/AC +5)New Feat:Armor CompatibilityPrerequisites: BAB +4You increase the maximum Dex bonus allowed by armor by 1 for every three character levels.This keeps it out of the hands of characters with a good defense bonus until at least 4th level for the swashbuckler, 5th for the rest and it really won't be too useful until the heavy fighter types gain a few levels and their defense bonus increases anyways.Examples at 5th level (where the campaign I'm running is going to start):A heavy fighter could have a +3 defense bonus, could wear fullplate (DR 4/AC +4) with a max dex of +2, a large shield +3 ac and end up with a AC of 19 and DR 4.  W/o armor comp. It'd be AC of 18 and DR of 4.A light fighter could end up with studded leather (DR 1/AC +2) with a max dex of +6, defense bonus +3, dex +3 ac, large shield +3 ac and end up with a AC of 21 and DR of 1.A swashbuckler could have a defense of +6, a dex of +4, and a large shield could have a AC of 23 and no DR.  Or padded armor and armor compatability would change it to +1 padded, +9 max dex, large shield +3 = AC 23.  No change, although at 6th level it'd be +1 padded, +10 max dex, large shield +3, defense 24.  And could get DR if the padded was enchanted.Now the monk could have an defense of +6 or +5 (depends on which I end up picking), a dex of +4, a wis of +4, monk bonus +1 ends up with an AC of 24 with average defense, 25 with good. hrm.. must think on the monk.  I think i'll leave 'em with average.I think I've got it worked out... anyone see anything potentially game breaking with this?</blockquote>

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