What is the AC of your 20th level character?

[Stalker0]

I learned a lot from that 10th level AC thread, so now I'm curious about 20th level characters. What's the AC of your 20th level character?

 

[runtime]

Can you add a poll now after the thread was created? I'm a visual learner and I think an AC poll would look cool.

 

[Crothian]

My 20th level bard a few years back had an AC of 18

 

[Bill Muench]

I'm extrapolating up to 20th, since my highest level guys are 16th and 17th, but... my cleric is currently about AC 65 and I don't see that really changing at 20th unless new material is released. My dervish's AC would go up by a few points due to the Dervish AC bonus and Improved Combat Expertise. So if I want to totally sacrifice offense with him he could get up to 76, plus Dodge and Mobility.

Getting a high AC at 20th level isn't really all that hard if you want to put a lot of effort into it. I'd say that while they can get their ACs up that high, they are usually running an AC of about 40-55 for most fights.

 

[kigmatzomat]

My group of players are level 19 so good' nuff. ACs range across the band and vary significantly from round to round. I think the low-man on the AC pole is around AC25, median is somewhere around 30. The fighter has some defensive tricks that can get him up to around 40 but I think the cleric might've topped everyone by hitting 50 at some point (lots and lots of self-buffage).

 

[Thanee]

Only 16th level, but by 20th level the unbuffed AC of my sorceress will be about 25 or maybe 30, depending on whether the bracers of armor +5 will get improved by then and whether there will be an inherent bonus to Dex or maybe an item offering a deflection bonus.

30 is pretty close to 10 effectively, tho.

Buffed the AC will then be more like 50 or so, I suppose. It's currently about 32 with the most common and fairly long duration buffs without Polymorph and 40 with Polymorph.

10 Base
00 size
06 Dex (18 base + gloves of dexterity +4)
05 armor (bracers of armor +5)
05 natural armor (Dragonskin)
02 deflection (Magic Circle against Evil)
04 shield (extended Shield)

When polymorphed into a Stone Giant:

10 Base
-1 size
04 Dex
05 armor (bracers of armor +5)
16 natural armor (11 natural + Dragonskin)
02 deflection (Magic Circle against Evil)
04 shield (extended Shield)

AC 40 + Greater Blink offers very decent protection at this level so far.

Bye
Thanee

 

[shilsen]

Only character of close to that level I've run is a 17th lvl wizard for a one-off game. Unbuffed except for greater mage armor (which he has running 24/7), he's only at AC 23. When buffed without changing form, he's at 38 AC. Buffed and Shapechanged into a pit fiend, I think he's at 67.

 

[Drowbane]

In the past, back in 3.0...

I've seen and played characters with ACs in the 60s.

Now, I'm pretty much satisfied with a 30-40 for 20th lvl. Much after that is gravy.

Amusing sidenote: One of my friends made an AC fiend in 3.0... had an AC of 76 or something... but he hit for d6+3 still. lol. Totally useless character... he got critted twice in a row by natural 20s. So much for that dood.

 

[Caliban]

My 18th level melee character has a base 40 AC. By level 20, it will probably in the 45-48 range. This is before temporary modifiers like dodge, haste, combat expertise, and dwarven defensive stance are considered.

 

[Fieari]

The point of AC at these high levels isn't to avoid getting hit, it's to reduce Power Attack damage, and possibly to provide a miss chance on iterative attacks. Attack Bonus sky-rockets past AC development.