negative armor class

Hi everyone,

of course I know that someone with a high dexterity can have a
negative armor class, especially since it was pointed out that a full
plate + shield gives ac 0 anyway.
However in my old campaign only one of four characters had a high
dexterity and ironically he was the only one with an armor class
above 0.
Beorn Blaki the Bold, a human clerik of Mishakal, had a plate + 1 and
a shield + 2 totalling for -1 ac.
Abel was enhanced by a forest guardian (don't ask...) and had a
natural armor class of 2, a cloak of displacement, gauntlets of
dexterity and a shield, totalling for -2 ac.
Toril Elfsmasher, human dual class warrior / mage, had a plate mail,
a shield + 1 and a defender + 3, totalling for -2 ac.
Sithel Clearwater, Dargonesti sea elf wizard, had bracers(4) and
dexterity 16, totalling for 2 ac.

Usually my players have only got one, or in rare cases two, high
stats. So if you want to boost dexterity for a better armor class
instead of assigning your high value to your prime requisite, be my
guest, but I assumed my players would not.
However one of them really did follow your conclusions here and made
an elf thief / mage with 19 dexterity due to the lack of magical
armor.
Nevertheless I prefer it that way since negative armor class would
still be the exception and not the "normal" state of being as it was
in my old campaign.

I hope I made any sense here.

With regards,

Kai


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