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<blockquote data-quote="dmccoy1693" data-source="post: 4637529" data-attributes="member: 51747">+2 armor, +2 shield.&nbsp; Other ways, Amulet of natural armor, Shield of Faith spell, +1 size if playing a small character.&nbsp; plenty other ways.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Generally, when the DM had to bad guy move to another character is when the DM was feeling guilty for making the encounter so hard (because he didn't use the ECL table) that he almost killed the PC.&nbsp; At that point he'd make the NPC do a dumb move just to not have players any more mad at him then they already are for making the encounter to hard.&nbsp;If you'll notice from the last paragraph, one dumb move (not using the ECL table) leads to fixing the problem by doing other dumb moves.&nbsp; This constant stream of 'feeling like they need to fix the system' on the DM's part, IME, leads to 'feeling like the whole system is broken.'&nbsp; 3.5 was designed for a single style of play (several encounters per day at a prescribed levels of difficulty).&nbsp; In that single style of play, the system works rather well.&nbsp; Deviate and it starts to break down.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dmccoy1693, post: 4637529, member: 51747"] +2 armor, +2 shield. Other ways, Amulet of natural armor, Shield of Faith spell, +1 size if playing a small character. plenty other ways. Generally, when the DM had to bad guy move to another character is when the DM was feeling guilty for making the encounter so hard (because he didn't use the ECL table) that he almost killed the PC. At that point he'd make the NPC do a dumb move just to not have players any more mad at him then they already are for making the encounter to hard. If you'll notice from the last paragraph, one dumb move (not using the ECL table) leads to fixing the problem by doing other dumb moves. This constant stream of 'feeling like they need to fix the system' on the DM's part, IME, leads to 'feeling like the whole system is broken.' 3.5 was designed for a single style of play (several encounters per day at a prescribed levels of difficulty). In that single style of play, the system works rather well. Deviate and it starts to break down. [/QUOTE]

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