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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 7624616" data-attributes="member: 6906155">You are getting into the &quot;doesn't feel like D&amp;D territory&quot; there. Clerics have always been heavily armoured since the class was first invented. Squishy healbots are the product of MMOs and do not belong in D&amp;D - at least not with the name &quot;cleric&quot; attached to them.I believe in giving player the choice of how they play their character, front line back line it's up to them. (they may not be very effective as front liners, I can tell you from experience (and theorycrafting*) that an AC of 17 is not enough to last long on the front lines, and druids' best combat spells require concentration, but players should be allowed to try).*enemies have an attack bonus of at least +2. Such basic enemies will hit AC 17 around 25% of the time. They would hit AC 12 about 50% or the time, so AC 17 reduces incoming damage (from low level enemies) by about a half. Compare that to Full Plate And shield AC 20. The basic low level monster will hit about 10% of the time, so average damage is reduced by 80%. As the enemies get more powerful the difference becomes greater.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul Farquhar, post: 7624616, member: 6906155"] You are getting into the "doesn't feel like D&D territory" there. Clerics have [I]always[/I] been heavily armoured since the class was first invented. Squishy healbots are the product of MMOs and do not belong in D&D - at least not with the name "cleric" attached to them. I believe in giving player the choice of how they play their character, front line back line it's up to them. (they may not be very effective as front liners, I can tell you from experience (and theorycrafting*) that an AC of 17 is not enough to last long on the front lines, and druids' best combat spells require concentration, but players should be allowed to try). *enemies have an attack bonus of at least +2. Such basic enemies will hit AC 17 around 25% of the time. They would hit AC 12 about 50% or the time, so AC 17 reduces incoming damage (from low level enemies) by about a half. Compare that to Full Plate And shield AC 20. The basic low level monster will hit about 10% of the time, so average damage is reduced by 80%. As the enemies get more powerful the difference becomes greater. [/QUOTE]

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