I created this as a thematic element for my paladin worshipper of Eilistraee. She's depicted as fighting with a bastard sword (in 5E, that's a longsword two-handed) and armored with nothing but her flowing hair, and she encourages her followers to wear as little as possible (within the confines of practicality and community standards).
Armor of Faith: While not wearing armor or using a shield, your Armor Class is 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Charisma modifier.
In terms of mechanics, I've found this to be pretty much equivalent to a heavy armor, which a paladin gets right out of the gate. Plus, the only items which boost AC without armor all require attunement, so the absolute best AC you can end up with is 24 (+5 Dex, +5 Cha, +2 [bracers of defense], +1 [ring of protection], +1 [cloak of protection]), which takes up all of your attuned magic item slots. Mechanically, this doesn't strike he as being any worse than, say...a character with magic plate armor and shield. In "Session 0," the DM ruled out multi-classing, and the ability is limited to Eilistraee-worshipping clerics and paladins, so no level-dipping for mage armor. All-in-all, it doesn't strike me as being any worse than a barbarian or monk, in my opinion. Actually, barbarians get to use shields.
Is this meant to be a level 1 spell or a class feature? It seems fine since it isn't stronger than unarmored defense. It does synergize with the dragon masks a bit too well (from Tyranny of Dragons, +CHA to AC among other things), but that is only if DM lets it.
Is this meant to be a level 1 spell or a class feature? It seems fine since it isn't stronger than unarmored defense. It does synergize with the dragon masks a bit too well (from Tyranny of Dragons, +CHA to AC among other things), but that is only if DM lets it.
It’s meant to be a class feature for clerics and paladins. I’m unfamiliar with the stuff from ToD, having not played it.
I like it - adding some flavor. Plays along with the theme well, appears to be equivalent to standard AC, and no multi-classing looks to balance it nicely.
I like it. Would the class feature replace an existing paladin feature or be a free add-on feature? Is it unique to a particular subclass or can any paladin use it?
If its going to be a free add-on feature, if you are thinking of using it in future campaigns, I would change it to a Feat (that can be taken in place of an ASI) and require the character be a Paladin or Cleric as a prerequisite for taking the Feat. That way the player can spice up their character that way if they want, but they have to give up some other possible improvement or feat to have access to this unique feature.
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I created this as a thematic element for my paladin worshipper of Eilistraee. She's depicted as fighting with a bastard sword (in 5E, that's a longsword two-handed) and armored with nothing but her flowing hair, and she encourages her followers to wear as little as possible (within the confines of practicality and community standards).
Armor of Faith: While not wearing armor or using a shield, your Armor Class is 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Charisma modifier.
In terms of mechanics, I've found this to be pretty much equivalent to a heavy armor, which a paladin gets right out of the gate. Plus, the only items which boost AC without armor all require attunement, so the absolute best AC you can end up with is 24 (+5 Dex, +5 Cha, +2 [bracers of defense], +1 [ring of protection], +1 [cloak of protection]), which takes up all of your attuned magic item slots. Mechanically, this doesn't strike he as being any worse than, say...a character with magic plate armor and shield. In "Session 0," the DM ruled out multi-classing, and the ability is limited to Eilistraee-worshipping clerics and paladins, so no level-dipping for mage armor. All-in-all, it doesn't strike me as being any worse than a barbarian or monk, in my opinion. Actually, barbarians get to use shields.
Thoughts?
Is this meant to be a level 1 spell or a class feature? It seems fine since it isn't stronger than unarmored defense. It does synergize with the dragon masks a bit too well (from Tyranny of Dragons, +CHA to AC among other things), but that is only if DM lets it.
It’s meant to be a class feature for clerics and paladins. I’m unfamiliar with the stuff from ToD, having not played it.
I like it - adding some flavor. Plays along with the theme well, appears to be equivalent to standard AC, and no multi-classing looks to balance it nicely.
Why not just make a Chainmail Bikini (or whatever) magic item that does this instead of making it a class feature?
An item like that would likely require attunement. Those slots are rare.
I like it. Would the class feature replace an existing paladin feature or be a free add-on feature? Is it unique to a particular subclass or can any paladin use it?
If its going to be a free add-on feature, if you are thinking of using it in future campaigns, I would change it to a Feat (that can be taken in place of an ASI) and require the character be a Paladin or Cleric as a prerequisite for taking the Feat. That way the player can spice up their character that way if they want, but they have to give up some other possible improvement or feat to have access to this unique feature.
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It replaces armor proficiencies. Regarding subclasses, it is thus-far limited to clerics or paladins who venerate Eilistraee.