Armour Bonus by Class/Level
The Class bonus is similar to a Dex bonus. It stacks with all others [including class bonuses from multiple classes] but is lost when one is flanked, flat-footed, or similar, just as Dex bonus would be. Classes that cannot be flanked, or caught flat-footed retain their Class Bonus to AC as well. Essentially, anytime the Dex bonus is lost, so too is the Class bonus. Dex Bonus and class bonus also stack regarding armour maximum Dex modifier. So as you progress in level, armour becomes less useful to you. A chain shirt with a max Dex modifier of +4 provides +4 AC and allows a combination of Dex and Class bonus up to +4. So a person with a Dex of 18 would not count any Class Bonus towards AC while in a chain shirt.
Defense progression by Character level (Divisions are based on Base Attack Bonus Progression over levels 1 to 20):
AC = 10 + Dex. Bonus. + Armour Bonus. + Class bonus + Misc. Bonus.
| Lvl | Weak [+1 to +10] |
Intermediate [+1 to +15] |
Strong [+1 to +20] |
Weak: [+1 to +10] Arcane Mechanik Sorcerer Wizard Intermediate: [+1 to +15] Strong: [+1 to +20] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | |||
| 6 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 8 | ||||
| 9 | 6 | |||
| 10 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 7 | |||
| 12 | ||||
| 13 | 5 | 6 | 8 | |
| 14 | ||||
| 15 | 9 | |||
| 16 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 10 | |||
| 18 | ||||
| 19 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
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#1 | Comment #74 by burrowowl on June 6, 2006 @ 11:37 pm
The d20 Wheel of Time book had something similar to this, but instead of giving their Man at Arms class (the armored fighter-type) an advanced class AC bonus, they received a slower progression, but were able to freely stack theirs with armor. In this case, it would be the moral equivalent of making the Fighter and Paladin classes get the same AC progression at Arcane Mechaniks and Wizards, but let it work with their Plate Mail and Shields unimpeded.
#2 | Comment #75 by lanval on June 7, 2006 @ 5:43 am
Another cool system I wish I’d seen before…
I was trying to get less armour worn by people as the IK I’m running isn’t Big’n'Clunky(tm) :)
It is much more of 17th century feel with armour mostly being worn by the military, and then mostly breastplates. Worked too, te only one in my group of seven humans who wears armour is the old sergeant Llealese Umbrean who wears a breastplate. Everyone else wears greatcoats of differing fashion.