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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 9069560" data-attributes="member: 93670">Medium armor could be made to have interesting progression by linking it to fon instead of strength. Assuming plate mail needed 18 str... Maybe something likeHide 12 conChain shirt 14Scale 16 conBreastplate 16 conHalf-plate 18 conThat would leave hide as an option for people who invest a little in con &amp;dex both., Chain for those who put a little in dex and treat con as a secondary stat, then scale/breastplate for significant con with ac/stealth type split, and finally half plate for those who treat con as a near primary stat but can't use heavy armor for whatever reason(ie barbarian).A split like that would allow medium armor to be a good investable area on a wide range of builds and mesh nicely with the light/heavy armor in marking out a bit of&nbsp; a zone scaling usefully between squishy &lt;-&gt; crunchy.&nbsp; That zone would have some real tradeoffs in build: f/ex it's not so easy for a wizard to get heavy armor Prof&nbsp; or the dex/str to make great use of light armor without self inflicted wounds but 14 or maybe even 16 con along with 12 dex can be made with minor opportunity cost that might make more laser focused on casting builds difficult to swing. &nbsp;We could go back to squishy being squishy and gish builds coming with costs.&nbsp; Maybe even do something like make heavy armor reduce the relative value of a spell slot or give it asf again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 9069560, member: 93670"] Medium armor could be made to have interesting progression by linking it to fon instead of strength. Assuming plate mail needed 18 str... Maybe something like Hide 12 con Chain shirt 14 Scale 16 con Breastplate 16 con Half-plate 18 con That would leave hide as an option for people who invest a little in con &dex both., Chain for those who put a little in dex and treat con as a secondary stat, then scale/breastplate for significant con with ac/stealth type split, and finally half plate for those who treat con as a near primary stat but can't use heavy armor for whatever reason(ie barbarian). A split like that would allow medium armor to be a good investable area on a wide range of builds and mesh nicely with the light/heavy armor in marking out a bit of a zone scaling usefully between squishy <-> crunchy. That zone would have some real tradeoffs in build: f/ex it's not so easy for a wizard to get heavy armor Prof or the dex/str to make great use of light armor without self inflicted wounds but 14 or maybe even 16 con along with 12 dex can be made with minor opportunity cost that might make more laser focused on casting builds difficult to swing. We could go back to squishy being squishy and gish builds coming with costs. Maybe even do something like make heavy armor reduce the relative value of a spell slot or give it asf again. [/QUOTE]

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