Are all of these elements able to stack by the rules:
Draconic resilience = AC 13 when not wearing armor
Robe of the Arch Magi = AC 15 when not wearing armor
+5 dexterity bonus
+2 Staff of power
Base 10 AC
Is the final AC 25 or is it 22 because the rules do not allow you to stack two things that say "when not wearing armor" together?
I believe this is how Jeremy Crawford explained the rules on AC in the WotC podcast, Dragon Talk, but on the character builder here it is adds it all. I had trouble finding this section in the rules that specificed stacking AC though.
This is because it's not calculating AC calculations as a base but rather as a bonus. If you try to create a magical item, for instance, the only way to create one with a base AC is to type it as a bonus. So instead of working as one overriding the other (whichever base is the highest), it's simply adding them together from a base of 10.
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Are all of these elements able to stack by the rules:
Draconic resilience = AC 13 when not wearing armor
Robe of the Arch Magi = AC 15 when not wearing armor
+5 dexterity bonus
+2 Staff of power
Base 10 AC
Is the final AC 25 or is it 22 because the rules do not allow you to stack two things that say "when not wearing armor" together?
I believe this is how Jeremy Crawford explained the rules on AC in the WotC podcast, Dragon Talk, but on the character builder here it is adds it all. I had trouble finding this section in the rules that specificed stacking AC though.
Anyone know where to point me?
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AC bonuses stack. AC calculations do not. AC 22, which is still pretty good.
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Okay that's what I thought. The character builder is calculating this incorrectly for one of my players. Time to be the bearer of bad news...
Thank you!
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I wish my DM telling me my AC was only 22 was bad news!
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When you click the AC number on the character sheet does it list more than one AC calculation?
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The issue is:
multiple items that grant a flat AC to an unarmored character are combining their effect.
For staff - here is an example character with this problem:
https://www.dndbeyond.com/profile/Stormknight/characters/163812
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This is because it's not calculating AC calculations as a base but rather as a bonus. If you try to create a magical item, for instance, the only way to create one with a base AC is to type it as a bonus. So instead of working as one overriding the other (whichever base is the highest), it's simply adding them together from a base of 10.