I run player facing where my players roll Player Defense rather than me rolling monster attacks. Player Defense Bonus is (AC - 10). Player Defense Roll is a d20 check = d20 + Player Defense Bonus = d20 + (AC - 10). (vs. 12 + Monster's To Hit Bonus, same outcome as DM rolling)
We can add a custom skill to save the (AC - 10), but that does not track with AC. It must be manually adjusted if you don/doff armor, etc.
What I'd like is _something_ (skill, weapon, ???) that allows for a dice roll that does the d20 + defense bonus calculated off AC.
Unfortunately no, there is not. Anything you could add to a character sheet either couldn’t roll, couldn’t track AC, or both. In fact, I don’t even think there’s anything you could add that would automatically track AC. In fact, your custom Skill is probably the best workaround available to you.
I run player facing where my players roll Player Defense rather than me rolling monster attacks. Player Defense Bonus is (AC - 10). Player Defense Roll is a d20 check = d20 + Player Defense Bonus = d20 + (AC - 10). (vs. 12 + Monster's To Hit Bonus, same outcome as DM rolling)
We can add a custom skill to save the (AC - 10), but that does not track with AC. It must be manually adjusted if you don/doff armor, etc.
What I'd like is _something_ (skill, weapon, ???) that allows for a dice roll that does the d20 + defense bonus calculated off AC.
Is there a way?
Unfortunately no, there is not. Anything you could add to a character sheet either couldn’t roll, couldn’t track AC, or both. In fact, I don’t even think there’s anything you could add that would automatically track AC. In fact, your custom Skill is probably the best workaround available to you.
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After trying all I could think of, I was afraid that was the case. Well, bummer!