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Some versions of dnd mage armor works with naked dude bonuses. Does it not in 5th?
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Can you mage armor a monk in 5th edition and he gets the armor type bonus to ac with his monk bonus to ac, like works in pathfinder 1 and 3.5
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Doesn't a spell or an item have to specifically state that it stacks or doesn't stack with particular defensive bonuses. I think that's why natural armor works differently as well.
You're the expert, just trying to remember what the differences are.
Haste AC bonus does, doesn't it, but I can't remember the specifics off the top of my head. It's different than mage armor. Or does it not give an AC bonus? Hell I can't remember.
Doesn't a spell or an item have to specifically state that it stacks or doesn't stack with particular defensive bonuses. I think that's why natural armor works differently as well.
You're the expert, just trying to remember what the differences are.
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In 5e, each point of Armor Class is the single-most impactful statistic because of 5e's bounded accuracy system. In fact, there are very, very few NPCs with AC higher than 23. ~80% of monsters have an AC between 14-19.
There are still a few ways for players to cheese ridiculously high ACs, but the vast majority of those situations include multi-classing and that's one of the many reasons why I don't allow multi-classing in my games (unless it makes sense for a characters arc).
In previous editions you could stack bonuses to attack, AC, etc. from a million different sources. The advantage/disadvantage mechanic was introduced to replace a lot of those modifiers because figuring out the factors for each roll really slowed the game down.
Obviously, there are still bonuses beyond adv/disadv, but they're far less prevalent and it speeds up gameplay tremendously. It's not perfect, but it's a lot better than the unmanageable bloat of D&D 3.x and PF 1e.
There are still a few ways for players to cheese ridiculously high ACs, but the vast majority of those situations include multi-classing and that's one of the many reasons why I don't allow multi-classing in my games (unless it makes sense for a characters arc).
In previous editions you could stack bonuses to attack, AC, etc. from a million different sources. The advantage/disadvantage mechanic was introduced to replace a lot of those modifiers because figuring out the factors for each roll really slowed the game down.
Obviously, there are still bonuses beyond adv/disadv, but they're far less prevalent and it speeds up gameplay tremendously. It's not perfect, but it's a lot better than the unmanageable bloat of D&D 3.x and PF 1e.
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With 25 AC you'd almost never be hit until you started facing ~CR 15 creatures and even then it'd only be a ~50% chance to be hit. That's assuming no other factors involved in the combat.
The AC, attack, etc. calculations from older editions are not even close to the numbers in 5e.
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Act 2 spoilers:
I still loathe the D&D spell system. It doesn't belong in a video game though it is better from past games. It always seems like Cale is out of spells to cast other than his cantrips a little more than halfway through fights. Though maybe I'm just bad at playing spell casters in these games.
I did also rerolled Shadowheart into a life cleric. It's a huge improvement over her trickery spec.
Act 2 spoilers:
He revealed he wanted to take control of the worm controlled army in Faerûn. As if I needed anymore reasons to kill him.
I also save scummed it to make Shadowheart see the error of her ways. The moon chick is pretty cool.
The stupid wizard for some reason thought we were an item, and was disappointed I hooked up with Shadowheart. Just showing my character the weave means I want to fuck him. WTF?!?!
I also save scummed it to make Shadowheart see the error of her ways. The moon chick is pretty cool.
The stupid wizard for some reason thought we were an item, and was disappointed I hooked up with Shadowheart. Just showing my character the weave means I want to fuck him. WTF?!?!
I still loathe the D&D spell system. It doesn't belong in a video game though it is better from past games. It always seems like Cale is out of spells to cast other than his cantrips a little more than halfway through fights. Though maybe I'm just bad at playing spell casters in these games.
I did also rerolled Shadowheart into a life cleric. It's a huge improvement over her trickery spec.