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Armor specialization

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Is it worth picking up for heavy armor melee fighters on the server considering it's ln my DR3?
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It doesn't stack with any other form of DR; plus if you get lucky with Mithril Plate you have a worthless Feat. OTOH if you have <10 Dex and won't be getting any DR from other means then it's a reasonable Feat if you have Feats to spare.
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Mithral Full Plate is a medium armour, Thorsson means, so it will not work with the feat (and MFP is one of the most sought-after armours).

Adamantine Full Plate has the same properties without needing a feat (innate 3/- DR), and I know of one epic Tower shield with such properties as well (+4 AC, DR 3/-)
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I guess I should ask, is the DR/3 really worth it on a fighter build?
Also does Armor Specialization Medium DR work with MFP?
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AFAIK, you cannot pick Medium Armor Specialisation as a feat.

I am of the opinion that while 3/- DR doesn't seem like much, over 10 hits it has saved you 30 points of damage and that might just save your life. It all adds up in the end.
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Tsidkenu wrote:AFAIK, you cannot pick Medium Armor Specialisation as a feat.
You can pick medium armor specialization. It actually seems to help a lot. Especially against weapons with less damage but more of it, like arrows.
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NeOmega wrote:
Tsidkenu wrote:AFAIK, you cannot pick Medium Armor Specialisation as a feat.
You can pick medium armor specialization. It actually seems to help a lot. Especially against weapons with less damage but more of it, like arrows.
And does that work with MFP?
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Akroma666 wrote:
NeOmega wrote:
Tsidkenu wrote:AFAIK, you cannot pick Medium Armor Specialisation as a feat.
You can pick medium armor specialization. It actually seems to help a lot. Especially against weapons with less damage but more of it, like arrows.
And does that work with MFP?
It should. It works with regular breastplate.
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