Ah, but I said "...if all other things are equal." Right now, a 10th level fighter, no magic equipment and a 10 Dex, has the same AC as a 10th level commoner, no magic armor and a 10 Dex. I would think that the fighter's training would grant them *some* inherent AC bonus...call it Defense. I agree that d20 is a magic world, but some folks don't play in a high magic setting; whereas others play in a heavy magic setting. I was only wondering if such a thing had been done. I'm thinking of cobblign something together myself, but wasn't interested in reinventing the wheel.
Paul
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02/11/2003 07:55 AM PST
Please respond to ogf-l
It's not that hard to reverse engineer, but look at it this way: fantasy d20 has magic, and the characters have this sliding scale for their 'target wealth' based on level. So, because of obscene amounts of magical equipment, a 20th level fighter does have a much better AC (commoner is an NPC class and has much lower target wealth).
With this in mind, a low magic campaign might make a class defense bonus a viable alternative to +5 mithril full plate, +5 large shield, gloves of dex +6, ring of prot +5, amulet of natural armor +5, boots of speed, and all the usual extras. But adding a class defense bonus *in addition* to all of this would be silly.
