I have a player that is a barbarian who just received an Ioun Stone of Protection. He has a Dexterity bonus of +2 and a Con of +3, so with the Ioun Stone (+1) his AC should be 16. They've expressed wanting to buy a breastplate to up their AC to 18, is that correct? Breastplate is 14 + DEX, add the Ioun Stone and that only should be a 17, is there something I'm missing?
The funny thing about unarmored defense is that it doesn't stack with armor AC. If the name didn't give that away, the description makes it clear:
While you are not wearing any armor, your Armor Class equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier. You can use a shield and still gain this benefit.
I have a player that is a barbarian who just received an Ioun Stone of Protection. He has a Dexterity bonus of +2 and a Con of +3, so with the Ioun Stone (+1) his AC should be 16. They've expressed wanting to buy a breastplate to up their AC to 18, is that correct? Breastplate is 14 + DEX, add the Ioun Stone and that only should be a 17, is there something I'm missing?
Your player might be thinking of half plate, which with that statline and the magic item would achieve AC 18.
I have a player that is a barbarian who just received an Ioun Stone of Protection. He has a Dexterity bonus of +2 and a Con of +3, so with the Ioun Stone (+1) his AC should be 16. They've expressed wanting to buy a breastplate to up their AC to 18, is that correct? Breastplate is 14 + DEX, add the Ioun Stone and that only should be a 17, is there something I'm missing?
Your player might be thinking of half plate, which with that statline and the magic item would achieve AC 18.
You seem to be correct, just spoke with them and they misread the armor bonus of breastplate. Thanks to everyone for helping clear this up!
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I have a player that is a barbarian who just received an Ioun Stone of Protection. He has a Dexterity bonus of +2 and a Con of +3, so with the Ioun Stone (+1) his AC should be 16. They've expressed wanting to buy a breastplate to up their AC to 18, is that correct? Breastplate is 14 + DEX, add the Ioun Stone and that only should be a 17, is there something I'm missing?
That should be correct because they don't get their unarmored Con bonus, but they still get the dex (up to 2 because medium armor).
The funny thing about unarmored defense is that it doesn't stack with armor AC. If the name didn't give that away, the description makes it clear:
If they want to up their AC, they will need a shield or bracers of defense
Your player might be thinking of half plate, which with that statline and the magic item would achieve AC 18.
You seem to be correct, just spoke with them and they misread the armor bonus of breastplate. Thanks to everyone for helping clear this up!