Posted by DL on July 12, 2000 at 15:05:54:
In Reply to: Difference between armor and AC posted by Curious on July 12, 2000 at 13:45:21:
> What is the difference between something that covers 5/5/5/5 and something that is: > -10 AC > Is that -10 to all four types? Yes it is minus all for types or armor. So -10 AC would give you -10/-10/-10/-10 *note that if an item (when you identify it) says "4 pierce 4 magic 8 bash 10 magic"...Then that means it is really lowering(improving) your armor class by those numbers shown in each category. > Also, does armor help reduce damage? Or just getting hit? No it does not reduce damage. To a certain degree it affects getting hit (I'm not really sure how to explain it), but at higher ranks that -20AC it gives you doesn't really help that cause at all. Hope I'm somewhat right and this clears things up...if not... c'est la vie