Weird problem with AC

jhilahd · December 13th, 2015, 10:25 AM

So I had a couple of players send me their current characters and their AC are not adding up correctly.

For instance, I have one player who purchased +1 Leaf Armor, + 1 Amulet of Natural Armor, and a set of +2 Bracers of Armor. He has a dex of 14, so +2 to that as well.
So his bonuses should grant him the following: Armor +4, dex of 14 (+2), bracers (+2) and the amulet (+1).

Am I missing something, or shouldn't you have an AC of 19? 10 + 4 + 2 +2 + 1?

It's showing up in his *.por file as 17.
He's a 6th level fighter.
I got to missing something...

Mathias · December 13th, 2015, 10:31 AM

The Armor bonuses to AC don't stack with each other, so the bracers are redundant when you're already wearing leaf armor.

jhilahd · December 13th, 2015, 11:30 AM

Thanks.

Yeah, that's what I missed.

/sigh

Farling · December 13th, 2015, 04:24 PM

That's the good thing about a tool like HeroLab. It sorts out these sorts of rule issues :-)

AndrewD2 · December 13th, 2015, 04:29 PM

Would be interesting if it could throw a warning "You are using multiple armor bonuses that do not stack"

Krothos · December 15th, 2015, 01:23 PM

Or maybe just list the additional unstackable bonus in red on the popup tooltip to show that is isn't part of the equation.

"AC 17 = 10 + 4 armor + 2 armor + 2 dex + 1 natural"

Mathias Senior Member Lone Wolf Staff Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 13,213 December 13th, 2015, 10:31 AM	The Armor bonuses to AC don't stack with each other, so the bracers are redundant when you're already wearing leaf armor.
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jhilahd Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 18 December 13th, 2015, 11:30 AM	Thanks. Yeah, that's what I missed. /sigh
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Farling Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Greater London, UK Posts: 2,623 December 13th, 2015, 04:24 PM	That's the good thing about a tool like HeroLab. It sorts out these sorts of rule issues :-)
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AndrewD2 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Muskegon, MI Posts: 2,975 December 13th, 2015, 04:29 PM	Would be interesting if it could throw a warning "You are using multiple armor bonuses that do not stack"
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Krothos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 463 December 15th, 2015, 01:23 PM	Or maybe just list the additional unstackable bonus in red on the popup tooltip to show that is isn't part of the equation. "AC 17 = 10 + 4 armor + 2 armor + 2 dex + 1 natural"
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