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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Caliban" data-source="post: 119237" data-attributes="member: 284">*shrug*Here's an actual character of mine from the Living Greyhawk campaign:5th level Dwarven fighter with a 14 Dex, plus Dodge and Mobility. Current armor: +1 Plate, +1 large shield, Ring of Protection +1. AC: 24  (+1 from Dex, +9 from plate, +3 from shield, +1 from ring)Against 1 opponent: 25When moving: 29When moving and fighting a giant: 33At 6th level he will be picking up Exptertise and Power Attack.With Expertise, he can pump his AC to 29 against everyone, 30 against a single opponent, 34 when moving, 38 against a giant. At 7th level he will multiclass to wizard and stay there for 5 or 6 levels.   At level 9 he will take the Still Spell feat, at level 11 he will take Craft Wand. By casting Still Shield and using a Wand of haste, he will be able to achieve an AC of 40 against everyone in one direction, 41 against a single opponent, 45 when moving, and 49 against a single giant.  At level 12 He takes the Endurance feat and at level 13 he switches to Dwarven Defender.   When taking his Defensive Stance he gains another +4 AC (of course this means he can't use mobility, but now he can get his +4 to AC while taking a full attack action). He also gains a class bonus to AC (+3 at 20th level).    All this grants him a 53 AC when fighting a giant at 20th level (49 when fighting anything else), plus any upgrades to his equipment.  (I doubt he will still be using +1 armor and shield at 20th level).  I can easily see him having a +5 Plate and +5 shield by then, which would put his AC into the 57 range, 61 against giants.   If you assume a his Ring of protection increases and/or he get's an amulet of natural armor,  his AC climbs to 60, 64 against giants.    If he gets a few more defensive magic items, or fights defensively it can climb even higher, but that depens on the cash available.</blockquote>

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