Issue: Sorcerer with Draconic Resilience has an AC of 10 (unarmoured) + Dex modifier + 3 (Draconic Resilience) when not wearing any armour. The character sheet doesn't update this correctly if you equip the character with armour. Our party has a Bard (3) / Sorcerer (1) that is equipped with leather armour and a Dex modifier of +3. While wearing the leather armour his AC should display as 14, but it is displaying as 16. When inspecting the AC, it is working out the math as 10+3+3. To further test this, I created a brand new level 1 Sorcerer. Unarmoured AC was 10 + dex (+1) + 3 giving a total of 14. I then edited the character to include both leather armour and chain mail in its equipment. When equipping the leather armour the AC stayed as 14, instead of displaying the expected 12. When equipping the chain mail though, the AC changed to 16, being that of the chain mail.
Notes: While it is understandable that most, if not all players, will not equip the leather armour in this situation to take benefit of the higher AC given by the Draconic Resilience, the expectation as a user of this site is that the character sheets would reflect the rules as written, being that if a player was to leave their armour on it would reduce their AC.
I noticed this as well, although the AC of 10 (unarmoured) + Dex modifier + 3 (Draconic Resilience) is not quite right, but how the AC displays it. According to the feature description in the PHB its just a straight AC 13 + Dex
it seems that wearing any armour that uses Dex in its calculation of the AC (anything but heavy... I know they cant wear heavy, but go with me here), then the Unarmoured+dex+draconic resilience overrides it.
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Issue: Sorcerer with Draconic Resilience has an AC of 10 (unarmoured) + Dex modifier + 3 (Draconic Resilience) when not wearing any armour. The character sheet doesn't update this correctly if you equip the character with armour. Our party has a Bard (3) / Sorcerer (1) that is equipped with leather armour and a Dex modifier of +3. While wearing the leather armour his AC should display as 14, but it is displaying as 16. When inspecting the AC, it is working out the math as 10+3+3.
To further test this, I created a brand new level 1 Sorcerer. Unarmoured AC was 10 + dex (+1) + 3 giving a total of 14. I then edited the character to include both leather armour and chain mail in its equipment. When equipping the leather armour the AC stayed as 14, instead of displaying the expected 12. When equipping the chain mail though, the AC changed to 16, being that of the chain mail.
Notes: While it is understandable that most, if not all players, will not equip the leather armour in this situation to take benefit of the higher AC given by the Draconic Resilience, the expectation as a user of this site is that the character sheets would reflect the rules as written, being that if a player was to leave their armour on it would reduce their AC.
I noticed this as well, although the AC of 10 (unarmoured) + Dex modifier + 3 (Draconic Resilience) is not quite right, but how the AC displays it. According to the feature description in the PHB its just a straight AC 13 + Dex
it seems that wearing any armour that uses Dex in its calculation of the AC (anything but heavy... I know they cant wear heavy, but go with me here), then the Unarmoured+dex+draconic resilience overrides it.