I have a question about an armorer's use of plate armor and whether it allows a dex bonus to AC.
Traditional plate requires a str of 15 and places a disadvantage to stealth, and does not allow the use of one's dex bonus for AC.
An armorer in creating their arcane armor no longer has the strength requirement. The infiltrator model removes the disadvantage to stealth caused by the armor. At this point why wouldn't one be able to use their dex bonus to AC?
At this point why wouldn't one be able to use their dex bonus to AC?
Because it's still heavy armour, and heavy armour doesn't add your Dexterity.
That's basically the trade off between the three types of armour; heavy has a fixed AC (no Dexterity required, but needs Strength, bad for stealth), medium has a better base AC but a limited Dexterity bonus (+2, or +3 with Medium Armor Master, some are bad for stealth), while light armour has a lower base AC but adds your full Dexterity modifier with no stealth penalty.
The choice of which to take isn't really about the AC you want, it's about how dextrous your character is.
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I have a question about an armorer's use of plate armor and whether it allows a dex bonus to AC.
Traditional plate requires a str of 15 and places a disadvantage to stealth, and does not allow the use of one's dex bonus for AC.
An armorer in creating their arcane armor no longer has the strength requirement. The infiltrator model removes the disadvantage to stealth caused by the armor. At this point why wouldn't one be able to use their dex bonus to AC?
Because it's still heavy armour, and heavy armour doesn't add your Dexterity.
That's basically the trade off between the three types of armour; heavy has a fixed AC (no Dexterity required, but needs Strength, bad for stealth), medium has a better base AC but a limited Dexterity bonus (+2, or +3 with Medium Armor Master, some are bad for stealth), while light armour has a lower base AC but adds your full Dexterity modifier with no stealth penalty.
The choice of which to take isn't really about the AC you want, it's about how dextrous your character is.
Former D&D Beyond Customer of six years: With the axing of piecemeal purchasing, lack of meaningful development, and toxic moderation the site isn't worth paying for anymore. I remain a free user only until my groups are done migrating from DDB, and if necessary D&D, after which I'm done. There are better systems owned by better companies out there.
I have unsubscribed from all topics and will not reply to messages. My homebrew is now 100% unsupported.