AC Optimization
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For Fun (pre-Epic Template)
Base: 10
15 - Mountain Plate +5 (Armor Bonus: 10, Enhancement Bonus: 5, Total: 15)
4 - Add Weightless Armor Special Ability (Ability Modifier: increases the maximum Dexterity bonus by 4) [From Bastion Press Incs’ book Arms and Armor…]
7 - Heavy Steel Shield +5 (Shield Bonus: 2, Enhancement Bonus: 5, Total 7)
5- Amulet of Natural Armor +5 (Natural Armor Bonus: 5)
5 - *Greater Dusty Rose Prism Ioun Stone +5 (+5 insight bonus) - requires modification from text book ioun stone, but within pre-epic parameters
5 - Ring of Protection +5 (+5 Deflection Bonus to AC)
5 - *Greater Boots of Haste (+5 Dodge Bonus to AC)
2 - Staff of Power, (+2 Luck AC) or other Luck related item. (luck modifier)
2 - Feats (Heavy Armor Optimization, and Greater Heavy Armor Optimization) +1 each/+2 total (untyped modifier)
6 - Feats (Armor Focus (Heavy) [+1 Circumstance, Armor Specialization (Heavy) +2 Circumstance, Armor Mastery (Heavy) +3 Circumstance] Total +6 Circumstance bonus to AC. Can be found on pages 19-21 on AEG Book called Feats.
0 - Alchemical Modifier
0 - Size Modifier may or may not apply
0 - Racial Modifier
Total AC: 66
- Note: requires a few twiddles from your friendly neighborhood artificer, but still within the pre-epic guidelines for the item.
I’m thinking i may be able to squeeze a little more out of this rock. But that’s all for now.
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@halfgiant said in AC Optimization:
6 - Feats (Armor Focus (Heavy) [+1 Circumstance, Armor Specialization (Heavy) +2 Circumstance, Armor Mastery (Heavy) +3 Circumstance] Total +6 Circumstance bonus to AC. Can be found on pages 19-21 on AEG Book called Feats.
This one may be a bit sketchy, the SRD says circumstances bonus don’t stack, but the feat descriptions in the product say they do. Normally feat bonuses like this are untyped, but it’s a third-party D20 product. I could see that going either way.
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@halfgiant said in AC Optimization:
@halfgiant said in AC Optimization:
6 - Feats (Armor Focus (Heavy) [+1 Circumstance, Armor Specialization (Heavy) +2 Circumstance, Armor Mastery (Heavy) +3 Circumstance] Total +6 Circumstance bonus to AC. Can be found on pages 19-21 on AEG Book called Feats.
This one may be a bit sketchy, the SRD says circumstances bonus don’t stack, but the feat descriptions in the product say they do. Normally feat bonuses like this are untyped, but it’s a third-party D20 product. I could see that going either way.
It is typed/named in the source, thus it does not stack. That is a core tenet of the 3.5 rule set. That overrides poor 3rd party understanding/writing.
