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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BASHMAN" data-source="post: 3900687" data-attributes="member: 8277">Oh, yeah, magic armor gives +5% or +10% per +1 bonus. So here is my suggestion if you want armor to make a big difference.  Note that this is also easier math than dealing with increments of 5%. Full Plate = +100%Plate Mail = +80%Field Plate = +70%Banded = +60%Chain Mail = +50%Scale Mail = +40%Studded Leather = +30%Leather =+20%Padded = +10%So we have a fighter with 36 HP and 3HD. In Full plate he has 72 HPIn Banded he has 58 HPIn Scale he has 51In padded he has 40Btw-- Shields would not give HP, but make you harder to hit.Now he is severly wounded in his Full plate, taken down to 10HP.  He takes it off to catch a breather-- so his HP drops to 5.  Taking off armor never lowers HP below 1. He gets healed w/o armor for 2d8+3 resulting in 10 and his HP increases to 15.  Then he puts the Full Plate back on.  His HP is now 30.  He gets healed for another 2d8+3 resulting in 10 on the roll-- so his HP increases by 20 to 50 (remember +100% to the healing as well).  That night, he goes to bed in the inn, taking off his Full Plate-- his 50HP drops to 25.  The next day, he has healed up to 35-- nearly max HP [btw, I'd say you cannot heal naturally while wearing armor in your sleep, or reverse the bonus healing effect so Full plate would reduce it by 100%, chain by 50%, and leather by 20%, etc].  Finding  his armor missing, he just puts on his padded undercoat when he heads down to breakfast.  HP goes to 39.  The cleric sees him and uses a cure minor to bring him up to maximum-- 40 HP in the case of his padded-- the extra 10% of healing is wasted this time...But as we can see, it isn't that much of a big deal to work with, I think...</blockquote>

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