Class Defense Bonus to AC

[artemissgk]

  Class Defense Bonus         .

As a Character increases in experience, he becomes more aware of his surroundings, the flow of battle, and the many tricks and feints of his enemies.  All of these things contribute to increase the defensive capabilities of the Character.  The Character’s Base Defense Bonus (BDB) simulates this

Comments

[raion]

So, based on normal d&d, my AC for the last fight would be... 15+X
10+3(dex)+2(leather)+X(expertise) with no DR
Based on what we were doing last night, it was... 14+X
10+3(dex)+1(leather)+X(expertise) with 1/(P or S) DR

Based on this, it should have been.. 16+X
10+3(dex)+2(half DB)+1(leather)+X(expertise) with 1/(P or S) DR
While Unarmored it could have been.. 18+x
10+3(dex)+5(DB)+X(expertise) with no DR

and if we were using standard 3.5 DB it could have been even higher..

oh, and had I been using my shield, you could add a +2 to the first one, or a +4 to the later ones.

that sound about right? If so, I'm game.. and considering whether it's worth wearing armor ;)

yes and no

[artemissgk]

multi clasing affects base defense bonus, but I seem to have left that out. crap

Re: yes and no

[raion]

I was counting it as two BD-2s stacking perfectly, not standard multiclass stacking...
So are we using D&D or AD20?

Re: yes and no

[artemissgk]

well of note, its always goes standard multi-class stacking. two BD 2's do not make a BD of +5 at 6th level (a split of 3/3 of course), but actually make a BD of, well, 6. eek to me for sucking. misread what you meant there. anywho, yeah we will be using AD20, since the tallied votes are in. I was thinking of including it for this upcoming sesion to add some survivability to the party, but I dont think its going to happen. I'm thinking were just going to wait and pray.
*Hands together murmuring* "o God, Save me from the TPK!"