Sacred Fist/Monk and Light armor... Still exploit or not?

[Rainbow Prism]

I have a question.

I asked several DMs in game and no one could tell me if it is exploit currently wearing light armor or there was a fix that prevented this bug with monk AC not disappearing on equipping light armor. Is there a fix done or staff changed decision about it?

[Gottmoerder]

When I was a DM it was clearly ruled as an exploit but I never encountered a cleric to enforce the ruling onto.

I'm not sure what the current staff lining on the subject is, but I doubt it has changed.

[Luna]

I guess it must be an exploit.
It landed on the QC plate now as of a few days ago.

[Simian]

I'm not sure if you can fix the mechanics themselves... but would it be possible to inject a script that would cause a penalty in AC, equal to the character's Wisdom modifier if both a Sacred Fist and a Monk, with armor donned on?

[Maecius]

It is considered an exploit. If you stack AC using any exploit, and are caught doing it, you will almost definitely lose some levels. Depending on the circumstances and the level of exploitation, you may even be permanently banned from the server.

Basically: It's best not to do this if you want to stay off our offenders's registry, or risk being banned.

[Aeb Ankor]

I'm not sure if you can fix the mechanics themselves... but would it be possible to inject a script that would cause a penalty in AC, equal to the character's Wisdom modifier if both a Sacred Fist and a Monk, with armor donned on?

How was this handled in pen&paper 3.5 in the Complete Divine handbook?

On the web there are several variants of Sacred Fist Classes

[Rasael]

I've submitted a bug fix for this. It should be fixed by the game mechanics automatically. Won't require any Dungeon Master attention when it goes live.