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armor check penalty
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:53 am
by az379
Hi all!
I am not good at D&D specific, so here is the question:
I am making melee character wearing full plate and tower shield. Both of them have high armor check penalty. What does it mean?
Thank you very much!
Re: armor check penalty
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:55 am
by Deathgrowl
Means there are some skills you will get penalty for. Particularly hide, move silently, tumble and so on.
Re: armor check penalty
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 12:01 pm
by az379
So, for example, if I use Hide skill wearing default tower shield, I will get -10(equals to armor check penalty in Tower Shield description) to Hide and Move silently checks?
Re: armor check penalty
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 12:13 pm
by Calodan
Yep you got it! Most of the checks are related to Dex skills.
Re: armor check penalty
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 2:34 pm
by az379
Thank all of you, it's clear to me now!
Re: armor check penalty
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:47 pm
by Styxwash
Unless your a sneak, the only skill it really impacts is Tumble, which is fairly important if you don't have mobility/spring attack at least.