The Unicorn Club - Armor and Defense Bonuses

[hubertbartels]

Unicorn Club- Final Armor rules:

Ken's Modern Systems is "Any" 12+DEX mod, "Medium" 14+DEX mod, max=2, "Heavy" 16

Class/Level Actual AC              Ken AC      Notes
Fighter 1  AC17                      AC17         16 + Fighting Style +1
Cleric 1    AC18                      AC16         16
Rogue 1  AC14                       AC15         12 + DEX: 3
Wizard 1  AC12                      AC14         12 + DEX: 2
Fighter 1  AC14                      AC15         12 + DEX: 3 (leather-wearing archer)
Cleric 1    AC18                      AC16         16

Pansy 8    AC18                      AC17        16 + Ring of Protection +1
Samira 12 AC20                     AC16         16
Summer 3 AC14                     AC15         12 + DEX: 3
Sunny 12  AC18                     AC16         14 + DEX: 2
Trouble 5    AC19                   AC17         16 + (magic of shield: Shield +1)

First six characters are drawn from D&D's pregenerated characters for the Adventurer's League. The rest of the characters are my own. While a few of the heavily armored (plate-wearing) characters take a hit to their AC, most fall into a reasonable range. This system does reward a more dexterous build with lighter armor - as did the real 1800's.

[Luke Porter]

assuming the fighter and the cleric will have a dex penalty is perplexing. even if they rely on heavy armor.