I wanted to wear plate armour cus im a paladin with 18 strenght and 18 cons My main goal wqs to tank hard and get in yo face couldnt afford it so i went for splint
Natural Armor: you don't like to pay for armor or you play a class that has no armor-proficiency so you go with the Tortle. (That's my favourite armor btw)
Alternatively, you're a Faerun Gold Dwarf (aka Hill Dwarf) who wants your daily recommended allowance of bling without spending an hour every morning polishing your suit.
Or an obsessive compulsive neat freak...one of the players in my group's main character has prestidigitation specifically for the cleaning function and casts it pretty much all the time because of it...his character is looking for gleaming armor because of the gunk that ends up on his armor, and he already has the broom from the alternate Dragonheist stuff
@@Boundless-Boredom The only thing Magic Initiate has over Abberant Dragonmark is the extra cantrip. Meanwhile, Abberant Dragonmark gives a +1 to Con, the 1st Level spell recharges on a short rest instead of a long rest, and when you use the 1st Level spell, you have the option to use a hit die and either give yourself temporary hit points or damage a nearby creature.
Spiked Armour: You're probably a Battlerager. You try and attack with this armour at least once a round. Otherwise you're a Druid that noticed this armour isn't metal.
I just imagined the best ever Battlerager armor. You play a gnome Battlerager, and have your armor crafted from the skins of monstrous-sized blowfish. Travel with an Assassin rogue who can retouch your armor with blowfish toxin as needed.
Or you're playing as a chaos space marine (happened one session where we all went fuck it lets be chaos space marines in this fantasy campaign to troll the dm)
Ring Mail is my favourite for a single reason: The text says it can be worn underneath regular clothing, making it the best non-spell defense that DOESNT mess with your aesthetic.
My dm basically fudged an “armor built into clothing” flavor bit cause I nearly had a mental breakdown trying to draw scale mail once so we’ve just decided to not ever do that again.
My current character is a tailor, trying to spread the word about her clothing by adventuring while looking really good. I'm seriously considering seeing if I can get her a bunch of mithril wire to sew into her clothing, as 10 AC is not enough and some of her outfits would make the ring mail visible, which would ruin her aesthetic.
*Mithral:* "You took Mithral, right? So you can carry the food." "Nah, we have Goodberry for that; I'm carrying something more important." "Uh...what, exactly? Rope? Tools?" "HELP ME, SIR! I'M A GUARD FROM THE FIRST CITY, AND HE HIT ME OVER THE HEAD AND STUFFED ME IN A BURLAP SACK IN CASE HE NEEDED SOMEONE TO-" "-excuse me for a moment." *WHUMP* "Like I said, something more important." "..."
@@assassincharizard I think it's funnier as ambiguous, but the idea was modeled after a time when the party learned a powerful noble was planning on summoning demons to help him start a war. In response, they kidnapped a guard, modified his memory so he thought he was going to be sacrificed by a cult, had a party member claim they witnessed the kidnapping to bring The Guard (the town guard as a whole,) to the estate, and then used the Noble's own materials to summon a demon, which chased the guard outside by crashing through a wall, at which point it attacked pretty much everything. The Nobleman was expecting that the party would try to interfere, by attacking the ritual he was planning, or by bringing the evidence they got to someone powerful, and he was ready for that, but he was NOT ready for them to frame him by using that exact evidence to summon a demon at his estate instead.
Funnily padded armor is actually really effective against most blades unless the edge is razor sharp, and was probably more historically common than leather armor IRL
@@punishedwhispers1218 there's proof of leather and bone armour both having existed as a thing that was used well past just a gimmick, but I still would choose a linen and wool gambeson or chain mail over either first because I can use that leather and bone to create better tools and accessories than I would a piece of armour, second because the actual optimal way to realize armor with those materials looks much less cool than you'd think.
@@demi-femme4821 because it exists in a book made by people who think studded leather is a thing... well it could be explained by the fact it's very stiff and uncomfortable to crouch with, but with the potential of reducing clanking you should think it neutral in the end.
I did that with my wizard/bloodhunter SPECIFICALLY cause it ended up (with an added white dragon cloak) being stronger than mage armor. Also the cold resistance was NECESSARY as we were headed to the northern lands of my home, perpetually frozen tundra currently home to only the undead, native wildlife too strong or sneaky for the undead to kill or dragons. Actually saved our ass by leading us to another dragon who cut travel time in half.
1:04 Barbarians can Rage while wearing Hide Armour just as well as when not wearing any Armour, Heavy Armour is the only type that prevents them from Raging, and is why they don't have Proficiency in Heavy Armour
Banded mail: You’re a history nerd who actually knows that this is brigantine, one of the most popular armors in real history. Scale mail: You really wanted any form of plate armor but couldn’t afford it. You’ll ditch this for a breastplate the second you can afford it. Padded: This is only ever wore by default. You normally wear plate armor and when the GM told you that you had to take it off to sleep the padded under suit was the farthest you could negotiate them down. Leather: Admit it, your head-canon of what this armor looks like bears zero similarity to how “cuir bouilli” actually looks. Splint mail: You secretly want to be playing a samurai…you weebu… Buckler: Half the AC of a shield, none of the protection from arrows. Well done.
in terms of actual armor yeah, people only would choose 3, but I like the joke of leather just being because you only got starting equipment, same with chainmail tbh, it's just because you're not allowed to start with plate
To date, I’ve never used any actual armor. My tiefling monk and kobold barbarian couldn’t use any, and my lizardfolk blood hunter outclasses studded leather armor with his natural armor.
Glamour Studded Leather: You like to be dressed for the occasion, while also making sure you'll be ok if things turn South. Bard is potentially your favorite Class to play.
I'd argue a rogue can take better advantage of it, if a party manages to get to 13th level and their rogue is a Phantom Rogue, Who is a changeling and wears glamoured studded leather it is neigh impossible to keep them arrested
I think I would home brew armor classes that conform to historical accuracy. Gambeson (Cheapest lightest mostly prot against bludgeoning.) Mail (Good against slashing, bad against bludgeoning and also very heavy.) Brigandine (Good against slashing, piercing, bludgeoning, slightly lighter than ring mail.) Partial plate (More expensive, but proof against all dmg types so long as they hit the covered parts of your body) Full plate (Most expensive, proof against all dmg types, still won't fully save you against blunt force trauma or hydraulic shock, but the most protective over all and lighter than any combination of ring and brigandine.) And upgrading the armor would be a matter of the grade of metal it's made from. Munitions grade, tempered, etc.
@@HenriqueLSilva It's not that they were more vulnerable so much as no protection against bullets. Weight isn't an issue since a full suit of tempered steel is only about 60 pounds and a modern soldier carries that and more in a backpack. So you can still get out of the way and use cover. It's just that bullets don't care if you're wearing 1mm of steel or a cotton t shirt. =p
To be fair, I think padded armor is intended to be a gambeson. Although, having worn a gambeson in real life, I will say it impedes your movement more than you'd think, which might be interesting to factor in. Big thing is a good gambeson makes it hard to raise your arms over your head. On the other hand, plate *doesn't* actually impede your movement as much as you'd think. A full set of plate may weigh a few dozen pounds, but it's distributed across your body, so honestly it might actually feel lighter than chainmail, where the weight's pretty much all on your shoulders. I do know some people, though, who get really angry about D&D continuing to include studded leather as an armor type, as it has no historical precedent (I suspect it came from early fantasy writers misinterpreting pictures of people wearing brigandine, taking the rivets holding the internal plates in for studs that somehow have protective value in and of themselves) and studs would contribute nothing to the protectiveness of the armor.
If it was made of heavy canvas it would be very stiff to begin with. But as it ages and softens it should get easier if it is made to fit. Actual linen should be more pliable. Some have sleeves tied to the tunic that can be removed. Not sure how accurate those are but I have seen HEMA guys wearing them. But outside of a professional army from the period most conscripts likely made due with what they had on hand if anything at all. Which makes me wonder why shields went out of fashion for serfs. At least then you don't have to custom fit them and anyone can make one if they have the wood available. Better than nothing.
@@maddie9602 I think it is supposed to be a gambeson, but at the same time it seems like a toned down version, imo the best armor for a super dex build should be breastplate, and padded should have somewhat better stats.
The Armor typically has a strength score needed for it unless the variant at your group is that isn't a thing. Encumbrance just means "can't carry much"
I know breastplate is expensive, but it's one of the strongest armors that doesn't impose disadvantage on stealth. I mainly mean in early game as you likely won't have a very high dex yet, so the +2 limit isn't much of a roadblock.
its scale mail but expensive and no dis on strength. i would only buy breastplate if you have ton of money and cant buy a uncommon item called mithril armor
True plus with the Medium Armor Master feat the AC when wearing Medium Armor including Breastplate can go up to +3 for Dex scores at 16. Besides if you have a shield that's an additional +2 to the AC.
Unarmored Defense: you like playing monks and barbarians. You enjoy not needing any strength for ac And last but not least you always have a power complex
@@wesleywyndam-pryce5305 sight improvements are the realm of helmets, crowns or hoods, not chest pieces Edit: also definitely wasn’t mocking a certain film
Put it on my shield and flail guardian faerie rune knight. They wear basic leather underneath their plate so if they wanna fly, they just drop armor and now their is a huge sized faerie flying after whatever poor soul is about to be hit with sentinel AND flail mastery (funny thematically... prone AND 0 move speed)
No, I'm a Warforged and really like the robot tinkering on his own body trope. (Also I want to play an Arteficer without spending all the party's money)
My personal Mage Armor stereotypes are: -One more AC then Studded Leather -Multi-classing a DEX build with a little Warlock -TECHNICALLY doesn’t count as wearing armor (And my favorite) -Don’t yet realize an Anti-Magic field will leave them defenseless
My entry: Shield, the spell "You either aren't planning to be in melee but want to be safe or are rolling a gish Warcaster build and are ready to establish dominance at any range. It's like that Mage Armor spell only you don't have to worry about remembering to cast it earlier, can do it even if already wearing armor (including Mage Armor), and only have to do it when necessary." (Shield is actually probably my favorite level 1 spell and always has been for some reason that I can't even explain)
Yeah my dm let my paladin have plate when he came in since he was my backup character coming in later in a campaign and thus didn't have the usual assortment of built up equipment
Robe of the Archmagi: your DM has favouritism towards the player spellcaster (usually wizard) or the DM is very generous and like to give out OP magic items.
Spiked Armor: you’re a barbarian, have your own soundtrack playing exclusively heavy metal, and intend to buy face paint the first opportunity you get in the campaign Bracers of Defense: you want the benefits of a shield, but have an unarmored defense feature you’re relying upon
unlike monks barbarians can use a shield and still gain the benefits of unarmored defense, so i would say it's "you want the benefits of a shield but also want to use a two-handed weapon"
Adamantine plate and an animated shield. All the fun of having an ac of 20 (with crit immunity) with the freedom to wield a +3 greatsword of wounding...or dual wield two +3 long swords of wounding if you have the feat.
@@keith3278 I mean, that's what i strive for whenever i play a fighter or paladin. Takes awhile, unless you're starting in a late level game and dm gives you some free swag, but it's my favorite way to play a tank...and yes the sword of wounding is my favorite magic weapon in the game. in all it's forms.
Shield of Faith: either you are a cleric or you are a druid with the magic initiate feat that wildshaped in order to get hit less an keep the wildshape up for longer.
Unarmored Defense - Barbarian Variant - Your rock-hard abs are hard enough to break arrows. Monk Variant - You're wise enough to dodge the arrow. Lizardfolk Variant - Your scales do a decent job. Loxodon Variant - Your Skin is very thick. Locathah Variant - Scaly fish dude. Simic Hybrid Variant - you have strange genetics. Shifter (Beasthide) Variant - So, you're harder to hit when upset. Tortle Variant - Turtle Power! Warforged Variant - you actually integrate the armor you put on into your body. Dragonborn with Dragon Hide Feat Variant - Why doesn't the base Dragonborn get this?
I've found that cast off armor is something you might want if your enemies have heat metal (in my party there was a paladin that lost two duels to that spell).
I had a character who was a former town guard turned adventurer. He had a spear and a shield along with relatively weak armor. But once I got a full thing of plate mail, I essentially became the wall everyone hid behind. I also always was the first one to walk into dungeons in case of traps.
I'll have you know, I chose Breastplate because it fit under my coat for my Assimar Blood Hunter (Fallen/Lycan)! Or Hide because it simulates Fur on my Warforge Druid (Shepherd)!
Serpent Scale Mail: You love Monster Hunter and created one yourself. It's basically a cheaper +2 / +3 light armor, so all your party now wants one too.
Serpent Scale: You convinced your DM that as an uncommon this was an ok armor to give the players, in hindsight giving functional +2 studded leather about 2 rarity tiers below was not a good idea
lol my DM gave out 2 of them to the party thinking it was fine at like level 7. now everyone has an ac of 18+ and every combat is deadly because otherwise we just don't get hit. cause the people with 18 ac also have shield.... so effectively we have an AC range of 20-23. which is bonkers obviously. if anything the resulting required uptick in enemy difficulty has completely negated the benefit of the armors and we are now nearly dying even more often. bounded accuracy is important! lol
I once traded a bardic inspiration, like 6 formerly animated armors and about an hour of in game time for two sets of plate armor. It is my Armorer Artificer's proudest moment.
So.... It's an armor that upgrades itself overtime? Do you feed that other armors to get enough metal to level up or something? I am really interested to know more about this armor
@@Ffwsbn well it also has other abilities like seeing the aura of other creatures. Also the armor only upgraded after it absorbed a giant flail (10ft x 10ft x 10ft sphere of solid metal)
Serpent Scale Armor: You really, REALLY don't want disadvantage on your stealth checks and wanna flex your DEX +1/+2/+3 Armor: you just want that extra bit of protection even though you probably already have 20 AC
@enderskunk7644 is that from your dm? 5e Phb just lists shields as one handed with a flat plus 2ac and that you can not benefit from 2 shields at once.
Arcane Armor: Your Ac is insane, or you have a lot of great abilities. Either way, the DM sweats 24/7 knowing about that the BBEG isn't gonna last long.
My favorite combat encounter. It was in descent into avernus. Four shadows and three spectres attack the barbarian! all the rest of us are hidden suprise round ensues. Alright, it's the dawn of the first round, one spectre remains
A great combo is breast plate and shield with a dex of 14. With this combo you can get an AC of 18 while still being able to move silently. As breast plate is only medium armor it means more classes can wear it. Breast plate is easier to wear and remove that heavy armor, and you can wear it with only an average strength. Furthermore, as breast plate is medium armor a max dex modifier of +2 applies which means that if you are using point buy at character creation a 14 dex is optimal. In most campaigns it won't take that long to get 500gp worth of treasure to buy breast plate.
Hide armour doesn't interfere with raging, only heavy armour does. What it interferes with is unarmoured defence which is okay depending on your stats.
My DM lets us homebrew equipment so we can get exactly what we are looking for, and my armor is called the Shadow Garb. It makes me roll with strenth instead of dex and gives me the stats of Studded Leather
Ring mail is actually awesome for some builds cause you don't need any strength investment to wear it. I've used it in a couple of builds and I really like it.
Scale mail should've been "you REALLY like to roll for gold rather than picking your starting equipment because you realize half of the stuff you get is useless to you"
I have achieved (one of) the highest AC in my party with my wizard with Elven Chain. 14 (base) +2 (dex) +1 (it is a +1 armor) + 3 (+1 shield) + 1 & crit immunity (adamantine ring) for a total of 21 AC and an effective AC of 26 including shield spell. Despite this, my GM will always roll a 27 or higher on the important attacks against me specifically (we use r20, so no fudging either direction).
I got it from helping to defeat Tiamat, got to level 16 through that, though that was the end of the campaign so I never got to actually use it except in a little one-shot ffa session.
My friend made a really cool hombrew armour that was a ring. When you put it on you had to make a wisdom save for every ten minutes you where it but it's worth it. You can see into the future and every possible attack raising your ac to a ridiculous level and you get advantage on saves.
My level four goliath fighter somehow has higher AC with no armour than with his half plate suit. I want to sell it as soon as possible so that I can buy a pair of pepperboxes to dual-wield, but I can't find a shop 😭
As an exclusive barbarian main, what the hell are you talking about with hide armor? Medium armor + shield Ancestral Guardian is one of the most fun and most effective tanks in the game.
Can confirm, am (somewhat) a history nerd. Bonus round; being extremely annoyed by padded armour somehow giving disadvantage on stealth even though a gambeson would also be worn under basically everything else as well.
Shield: You're a lizardfolk and you come with "scale mail" (without the weight or noise), so the shield makes you feel nice, safe, and thrifty. Then the first orc you see immediately nat 20s their javelin throw . . .
Dragon Hide: You know that combining high Dex modifiers, with Bracers of Defense, makes you have higher AC than even Plate Mail. You also are likely playing a Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer with the Shield spell, so you get all the AC. You love this idea so much, you want to execute it as often as possible.
My armor of choice is half-plate, thanks to a magic gem that makes any armor count as light. Yeah... try hitting this wizard now. Oh you did? That's okay, Shield is a cantrip for me, now. Being level 17 is great.
As an artillerist, yes. I hit level 15 and get half cover from having turrets out? And while Shield isn't a cantrip for me, I stored 12 charges of it in my shield last night (also, I have an actual shield because Arcane Firearm lets me rain magical destruction one-handed)? And did I mention that one of my turrets gives me (and itself, and my other turret, and nearby allies) 1d8+6 temp HP per turn? No, go ahead and shoot all the arrows you want. It's fine. My DM: So let's have you roll some dex saves then. Me: Man, am I glad I took Shield Master at level 12.
Serpent Scalemail: you've never actualy heard of this armor or played through candlekeep far enough and only stumbled across it looking for some good dex armor
Serpent Scale Mail: You found this on a random page in a random book your dm forgot they even had, and realized it's more powerful than basically any other uncommon armor of that price tag, and bullied your dm into letting you have it.
Wow I've never heard of it before, but after looking it up I have to say that's awesome for just an uncommon magic item! It can totally can beat out Elven Chain and Mithril Full Plate with the right build!
I got plate somehow in my very first session of dnd lol. the dm was like "okay no, you have to get this fitted at a blacksmith first you're not allowed to have this right now"
Armor of Shadows addendum: You took this invocation not realizing that Fiendish Vigor is just better in every way. Sure, you get hit slightly more often, but who cares when you don't take any actual damage? If you didn't take either of these, then you must be trying to snipe people with Eldritch Blast all day and are thinking you won't need to worry about getting attacked. Until the DM throws out an entire horde of archers at you. Then you will regret everything. Unarmored Defense: You're playing a Barbarian or a Monk. Natural Armor: You are possibly a min-maxer. That or you just like the taste of human flesh.
@@draghettis6524 By the time you hit the point where it isn't enough, neither invocation is truely competitive among the other choices. There are simply too many fantastic invocations at higher levels to be wasting one on AC as a class that tries not to get hit.
Plot armor: you complain enough to get it for a while. Then you do something that gets you kicked out of the group.
I see the Likes were at 168, so I had to give it another. Now it's better.
"from"?
I wanted to wear plate armour cus im a paladin with 18 strenght and 18 cons
My main goal wqs to tank hard and get in yo face couldnt afford it so i went for splint
@@dariuscahyadi9607 he said plot armor, not plate armor
You later get arrested for trying to steal your host's Warhammer figurines in retaliation
Natural Armor: you don't like to pay for armor or you play a class that has no armor-proficiency so you go with the Tortle. (That's my favourite armor btw)
Or a Loxodon
Or you're a warforged who learned that you can integrate armour you find into your design
Let's not enlist every way of getting nat. armor. I only used Tortle cause it's the strongest.
@@scottb7115 your highest sat is con
@@marknickson9377 beefy elephant man
Gleaming Armor: You are a Paladin who is going to buy a Cape of Billowing to complete the set of the "Knight in Shining Armor."
Alternatively, you're a Faerun Gold Dwarf (aka Hill Dwarf) who wants your daily recommended allowance of bling without spending an hour every morning polishing your suit.
Or an obsessive compulsive neat freak...one of the players in my group's main character has prestidigitation specifically for the cleaning function and casts it pretty much all the time because of it...his character is looking for gleaming armor because of the gunk that ends up on his armor, and he already has the broom from the alternate Dragonheist stuff
Or a noble who HATES having their armor dirty in any way.
Elven Chain: You’re playing a wizard who is tired of casting mage armor every single day, those level 1 slots can be used on shield!!!
Laughs in Abberant Dragonmark
@@whirl3690 finally a true man of culture who acknowledges the greatest feat.
That's why I take 2 levels of rogue, bonus action hide with a +11 to stealth at level 7 is fun
@@Boundless-Boredom The only thing Magic Initiate has over Abberant Dragonmark is the extra cantrip. Meanwhile, Abberant Dragonmark gives a +1 to Con, the 1st Level spell recharges on a short rest instead of a long rest, and when you use the 1st Level spell, you have the option to use a hit die and either give yourself temporary hit points or damage a nearby creature.
@@whirl3690 Yeah, but there's then there's lore issues, and the DM may not allow it.
Spiked Armour:
You're probably a Battlerager.
You try and attack with this armour at least once a round.
Otherwise you're a Druid that noticed this armour isn't metal.
I think the spikes are made of metal
I just imagined the best ever Battlerager armor.
You play a gnome Battlerager, and have your armor crafted from the skins of monstrous-sized blowfish. Travel with an Assassin rogue who can retouch your armor with blowfish toxin as needed.
@@yacobvlogs1238 it could have spiked vines
Or you're playing as a chaos space marine (happened one session where we all went fuck it lets be chaos space marines in this fantasy campaign to troll the dm)
@@MonkeyJedi99 I thought only dwarves could be battleragers?
Ring Mail is my favourite for a single reason:
The text says it can be worn underneath regular clothing, making it the best non-spell defense that DOESNT mess with your aesthetic.
Natural Armour: 'sup
IMO armor should be the aesthetic, at least in medievel fantasy
My dm let's armor go either over or under clothes thx elix wooooooo tabaxi casino staff
My dm basically fudged an “armor built into clothing” flavor bit cause I nearly had a mental breakdown trying to draw scale mail once so we’ve just decided to not ever do that again.
My current character is a tailor, trying to spread the word about her clothing by adventuring while looking really good. I'm seriously considering seeing if I can get her a bunch of mithril wire to sew into her clothing, as 10 AC is not enough and some of her outfits would make the ring mail visible, which would ruin her aesthetic.
Brigandine
You are a history nerd
And a fan of Shadivesity
You have a vendetta against leather armor
It do be like that
especially studded
I have just realized how many likes I have receive so quickly, have I awoken some kind of old one by calling attention to this
@@Dragon-Hell-Fox yes
Exactly!
*Mithral:*
"You took Mithral, right? So you can carry the food."
"Nah, we have Goodberry for that; I'm carrying something more important."
"Uh...what, exactly? Rope? Tools?"
"HELP ME, SIR! I'M A GUARD FROM THE FIRST CITY, AND HE HIT ME OVER THE HEAD AND STUFFED ME IN A BURLAP SACK IN CASE HE NEEDED SOMEONE TO-"
"-excuse me for a moment." *WHUMP* "Like I said, something more important."
"..."
Lmaooooo
Needed someone to what??
@@assassincharizard I think it's funnier as ambiguous, but the idea was modeled after a time when the party learned a powerful noble was planning on summoning demons to help him start a war. In response, they kidnapped a guard, modified his memory so he thought he was going to be sacrificed by a cult, had a party member claim they witnessed the kidnapping to bring The Guard (the town guard as a whole,) to the estate, and then used the Noble's own materials to summon a demon, which chased the guard outside by crashing through a wall, at which point it attacked pretty much everything.
The Nobleman was expecting that the party would try to interfere, by attacking the ritual he was planning, or by bringing the evidence they got to someone powerful, and he was ready for that, but he was NOT ready for them to frame him by using that exact evidence to summon a demon at his estate instead.
I can’t like the comment it’s at 69 likes
edit: it’s good now I liked the comment
@@bubbasbigblast8563 love it.
Funnily padded armor is actually really effective against most blades unless the edge is razor sharp, and was probably more historically common than leather armor IRL
Leather armor was basically non existent, padded was better, cheaper, lighter, and so on and so fourth
As someone who did sca stuff padded is awesome. Paires nicely with sword and board, you may not seem impressive but damn good luck beating you.
I also don't get why it gives you disadvantage on Stealth.
@@punishedwhispers1218 there's proof of leather and bone armour both having existed as a thing that was used well past just a gimmick, but I still would choose a linen and wool gambeson or chain mail over either first because I can use that leather and bone to create better tools and accessories than I would a piece of armour, second because the actual optimal way to realize armor with those materials looks much less cool than you'd think.
@@demi-femme4821 because it exists in a book made by people who think studded leather is a thing... well it could be explained by the fact it's very stiff and uncomfortable to crouch with, but with the potential of reducing clanking you should think it neutral in the end.
Draconic Armor: You killed a dragon, and what better way to show off then by wearing the now forged hide of your latest victim?
my druid ever since we killed that young green dragon at level seven
I did that with my wizard/bloodhunter SPECIFICALLY cause it ended up (with an added white dragon cloak) being stronger than mage armor. Also the cold resistance was NECESSARY as we were headed to the northern lands of my home, perpetually frozen tundra currently home to only the undead, native wildlife too strong or sneaky for the undead to kill or dragons. Actually saved our ass by leading us to another dragon who cut travel time in half.
Or the dragon shed its skin
found the Monster Hunter player
1:04 Barbarians can Rage while wearing Hide Armour just as well as when not wearing any Armour, Heavy Armour is the only type that prevents them from Raging, and is why they don't have Proficiency in Heavy Armour
Yeah I was thinking this...
Yup not getting half plate asap as a Barbarian is a mistake unless you rolled high stats or get the bracers of defense and no one else wants them.
Maybe he meant stuff like unarmored movement?
@@ThatGuy-zh7jl That's monk though and they don't get proficiency.
@@Hyde_Hill right, I was confusing it with fast movement
Banded mail: You’re a history nerd who actually knows that this is brigantine, one of the most popular armors in real history.
Scale mail: You really wanted any form of plate armor but couldn’t afford it. You’ll ditch this for a breastplate the second you can afford it.
Padded: This is only ever wore by default. You normally wear plate armor and when the GM told you that you had to take it off to sleep the padded under suit was the farthest you could negotiate them down.
Leather: Admit it, your head-canon of what this armor looks like bears zero similarity to how “cuir bouilli” actually looks.
Splint mail: You secretly want to be playing a samurai…you weebu…
Buckler: Half the AC of a shield, none of the protection from arrows. Well done.
This feels like it was a hard video to make, considering that there's only like 3 sets of armor that people actually use.
in terms of actual armor yeah, people only would choose 3, but I like the joke of leather just being because you only got starting equipment, same with chainmail tbh, it's just because you're not allowed to start with plate
To date, I’ve never used any actual armor. My tiefling monk and kobold barbarian couldn’t use any, and my lizardfolk blood hunter outclasses studded leather armor with his natural armor.
@@AshtonMonitor if you're in a game where your DM is generous with magic items then picking someone who wears armor is worthwhile
Glamoured Studded Leather: you're playing a bard
Excuse you! I’m a Bladesinger!
how did you know ?
More accurate: You're playing a changeling.
...it's also the one of the best armor for any dex-based character. +1 Studded Leather, with a cool and useful magical effect, no attunement.
I know someone who used that armor, and I can tell you, they were Nott.
Glamour Studded Leather: You like to be dressed for the occasion, while also making sure you'll be ok if things turn South. Bard is potentially your favorite Class to play.
Accurate lol, I feel so called out
My fighter has that...the DM loathes it because it's basically an improvised ghillie suit for an archer
Yup, that’s me.
or a rogue for infiltration
I'd argue a rogue can take better advantage of it, if a party manages to get to 13th level and their rogue is a Phantom Rogue, Who is a changeling and wears glamoured studded leather it is neigh impossible to keep them arrested
I think I would home brew armor classes that conform to historical accuracy. Gambeson (Cheapest lightest mostly prot against bludgeoning.) Mail (Good against slashing, bad against bludgeoning and also very heavy.) Brigandine (Good against slashing, piercing, bludgeoning, slightly lighter than ring mail.) Partial plate (More expensive, but proof against all dmg types so long as they hit the covered parts of your body) Full plate (Most expensive, proof against all dmg types, still won't fully save you against blunt force trauma or hydraulic shock, but the most protective over all and lighter than any combination of ring and brigandine.) And upgrading the armor would be a matter of the grade of metal it's made from. Munitions grade, tempered, etc.
Remember to add in all but maybe the gambeson grant advantage to enemies using G.U.N
@@HenriqueLSilva It's not that they were more vulnerable so much as no protection against bullets. Weight isn't an issue since a full suit of tempered steel is only about 60 pounds and a modern soldier carries that and more in a backpack. So you can still get out of the way and use cover. It's just that bullets don't care if you're wearing 1mm of steel or a cotton t shirt. =p
To be fair, I think padded armor is intended to be a gambeson. Although, having worn a gambeson in real life, I will say it impedes your movement more than you'd think, which might be interesting to factor in. Big thing is a good gambeson makes it hard to raise your arms over your head. On the other hand, plate *doesn't* actually impede your movement as much as you'd think. A full set of plate may weigh a few dozen pounds, but it's distributed across your body, so honestly it might actually feel lighter than chainmail, where the weight's pretty much all on your shoulders.
I do know some people, though, who get really angry about D&D continuing to include studded leather as an armor type, as it has no historical precedent (I suspect it came from early fantasy writers misinterpreting pictures of people wearing brigandine, taking the rivets holding the internal plates in for studs that somehow have protective value in and of themselves) and studs would contribute nothing to the protectiveness of the armor.
If it was made of heavy canvas it would be very stiff to begin with. But as it ages and softens it should get easier if it is made to fit. Actual linen should be more pliable. Some have sleeves tied to the tunic that can be removed. Not sure how accurate those are but I have seen HEMA guys wearing them. But outside of a professional army from the period most conscripts likely made due with what they had on hand if anything at all. Which makes me wonder why shields went out of fashion for serfs. At least then you don't have to custom fit them and anyone can make one if they have the wood available. Better than nothing.
@@maddie9602 I think it is supposed to be a gambeson, but at the same time it seems like a toned down version, imo the best armor for a super dex build should be breastplate, and padded should have somewhat better stats.
Splint: you finally raised your strenght enough to wear this armor
Me: *Laughs in variant encumberance*
The Armor typically has a strength score needed for it unless the variant at your group is that isn't a thing. Encumbrance just means "can't carry much"
@@TheCodemanc4 "When you use this variant, ignore the Strength column of the Armor table in chapter 5."
- PHB p176
I know breastplate is expensive, but it's one of the strongest armors that doesn't impose disadvantage on stealth. I mainly mean in early game as you likely won't have a very high dex yet, so the +2 limit isn't much of a roadblock.
its scale mail but expensive and no dis on strength.
i would only buy breastplate if you have ton of money and cant buy a uncommon item called mithril armor
True plus with the Medium Armor Master feat the AC when wearing Medium Armor including Breastplate can go up to +3 for Dex scores at 16. Besides if you have a shield that's an additional +2 to the AC.
Unarmored Defense: you like playing monks and barbarians.
You enjoy not needing any strength for ac
And last but not least you always have a power complex
I honestly feel called out by this but I'm okay. Tabaxi monks are fun.
Vanrak’s Mithras Shirt from Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage is a mithral chain shirt or breastplate that also gives 60’ of darkvision.
I would like to add a “,somehow”
@@asdasd-ty9se what do you mean somehow? its enchanted, magic be magic yo
@@wesleywyndam-pryce5305 sight improvements are the realm of helmets, crowns or hoods, not chest pieces
Edit: also definitely wasn’t mocking a certain film
Cast-Off Armor for artificers feels like iron man, especially if your dm lets you have your Steel Defender BE your cast-off armor.
And can be jettisoned like a gundam
Pffft just be an armorer and talk your dm into letting you install an ai in your armor as an infusion
why the hell would you be or assume someone else would be a battle smith when trying to roleplay Tony stark? armorer exists
Put it on my shield and flail guardian faerie rune knight. They wear basic leather underneath their plate so if they wanna fly, they just drop armor and now their is a huge sized faerie flying after whatever poor soul is about to be hit with sentinel AND flail mastery (funny thematically... prone AND 0 move speed)
Arcane Armor: You have an unhealthy obsession with trying to push the badassery of your armor to it's limits
No, I'm a Warforged and really like the robot tinkering on his own body trope. (Also I want to play an Arteficer without spending all the party's money)
My personal Mage Armor stereotypes are:
-One more AC then Studded Leather
-Multi-classing a DEX build with a little Warlock
-TECHNICALLY doesn’t count as wearing armor
(And my favorite)
-Don’t yet realize an Anti-Magic field will leave them defenseless
My entry: Shield, the spell
"You either aren't planning to be in melee but want to be safe or are rolling a gish Warcaster build and are ready to establish dominance at any range. It's like that Mage Armor spell only you don't have to worry about remembering to cast it earlier, can do it even if already wearing armor (including Mage Armor), and only have to do it when necessary."
(Shield is actually probably my favorite level 1 spell and always has been for some reason that I can't even explain)
It puts my cleric on another teir of ac at 22
also great when you're dual classing hexblade and paladin in 5e and something somehow manages to get past your already solid defense
My artificer uses it to get to AC30 lol
sentinel shield:
you love being first in initiative
My who got plate armour as starting equipment "a yes hard work"
Wait, how?
@@AverageAnnusEnthusiast level 20 oneshot?
Yeah my dm let my paladin have plate when he came in since he was my backup character coming in later in a campaign and thus didn't have the usual assortment of built up equipment
@@aaronking2020 no level 1 long campaign
@@AverageAnnusEnthusiast I asked
Robe of the Archmagi: your DM has favouritism towards the player spellcaster (usually wizard) or the DM is very generous and like to give out OP magic items.
There's nothing that says Barbarians can't use all of their rage features when wearing Hide. Only heavy armor affects rage, and Hide is medium.
I think he meant function properly, cause wearing pretty amour as a barbarian gets rid of all there unarmed benefits
Spiked Armor: you’re a barbarian, have your own soundtrack playing exclusively heavy metal, and intend to buy face paint the first opportunity you get in the campaign
Bracers of Defense: you want the benefits of a shield, but have an unarmored defense feature you’re relying upon
unlike monks barbarians can use a shield and still gain the benefits of unarmored defense, so i would say it's "you want the benefits of a shield but also want to use a two-handed weapon"
Also dual wielding stuff is badass
Unarmoured Defence - You’re either a tanky, beefy orc with a great axe or possess great reflexes and martial arts skills.
Thank you for that as that is best armor
Or a lizard person of some sort.
Or a Dragonborn with scales as hard as steel
Yeah, fast tabaxi who nat 20'd a crane kick.
Adamantine plate and an animated shield. All the fun of having an ac of 20 (with crit immunity) with the freedom to wield a +3 greatsword of wounding...or dual wield two +3 long swords of wounding if you have the feat.
Hahaha Sounds like DMPC to me but sure.
@@keith3278 I mean, that's what i strive for whenever i play a fighter or paladin. Takes awhile, unless you're starting in a late level game and dm gives you some free swag, but it's my favorite way to play a tank...and yes the sword of wounding is my favorite magic weapon in the game. in all it's forms.
@@clericofchaos1 isn't every sword technically a sword of wounding?
@@clericofchaos1 sentient weapons are just so much more fun though
Shield: You work at Subway.
Me: Does this mean you’ve seen a murder belligerent Karens at Subway?
Subway does have that spit shield over the food
Though way late to the party... I actually do work at a Subway, and had to deal with a Karen and uh, what's the male version of a Karen? Is it a Karl?
Glamoured Armor: You REALLY get into searching for lots of cool character art to show the party
Barkskin: You're a ranger and like to fight up close, or you're a druid with low hit points.
cast-off armor: your DM stopped fudging critical hits and figured out the heat metal exploit. you buy this armor as fast as you can
what a toxic dm you must have
Shield of Faith: either you are a cleric or you are a druid with the magic initiate feat that wildshaped in order to get hit less an keep the wildshape up for longer.
Unarmored Defense -
Barbarian Variant - Your rock-hard abs are hard enough to break arrows.
Monk Variant - You're wise enough to dodge the arrow.
Lizardfolk Variant - Your scales do a decent job.
Loxodon Variant - Your Skin is very thick.
Locathah Variant - Scaly fish dude.
Simic Hybrid Variant - you have strange genetics.
Shifter (Beasthide) Variant - So, you're harder to hit when upset.
Tortle Variant - Turtle Power!
Warforged Variant - you actually integrate the armor you put on into your body.
Dragonborn with Dragon Hide Feat Variant - Why doesn't the base Dragonborn get this?
I've found that cast off armor is something you might want if your enemies have heat metal (in my party there was a paladin that lost two duels to that spell).
Powered Armor: Your DM couldn't resist adding a little sci-fi into your fantasy, and you couldn't resist the chance to become a Space Marine!
Cast-Off Armor: You just learned that heat metal has no save. Literally none. And taking off plate takes 10min.
I had a character who was a former town guard turned adventurer. He had a spear and a shield along with relatively weak armor. But once I got a full thing of plate mail, I essentially became the wall everyone hid behind. I also always was the first one to walk into dungeons in case of traps.
Glamoured armour: you can't pick what you want your armour to look like so you change it whenever you want
I'll have you know, I chose Breastplate because it fit under my coat for my Assimar Blood Hunter (Fallen/Lycan)!
Or Hide because it simulates Fur on my Warforge Druid (Shepherd)!
Serpent Scale Mail:
You love Monster Hunter and created one yourself.
It's basically a cheaper +2 / +3 light armor, so all your party now wants one too.
Serpent Scale: You convinced your DM that as an uncommon this was an ok armor to give the players, in hindsight giving functional +2 studded leather about 2 rarity tiers below was not a good idea
lol my DM gave out 2 of them to the party thinking it was fine at like level 7. now everyone has an ac of 18+ and every combat is deadly because otherwise we just don't get hit. cause the people with 18 ac also have shield.... so effectively we have an AC range of 20-23. which is bonkers obviously.
if anything the resulting required uptick in enemy difficulty has completely negated the benefit of the armors and we are now nearly dying even more often.
bounded accuracy is important! lol
I once traded a bardic inspiration, like 6 formerly animated armors and about an hour of in game time for two sets of plate armor.
It is my Armorer Artificer's proudest moment.
Me who has +1 armor because the breastplate is possessed by a demon and it upgraded itself by absorbing metal.
So.... It's an armor that upgrades itself overtime? Do you feed that other armors to get enough metal to level up or something? I am really interested to know more about this armor
@@Ffwsbn well it also has other abilities like seeing the aura of other creatures. Also the armor only upgraded after it absorbed a giant flail (10ft x 10ft x 10ft sphere of solid metal)
Serpent Scale Armor: You really, REALLY don't want disadvantage on your stealth checks and wanna flex your DEX
+1/+2/+3 Armor: you just want that extra bit of protection even though you probably already have 20 AC
"Townguard energy"
Mizzium armor :you liked the adamantine armor but you wanted more
Arcane ward you’re a sensible wizard who never forgets to cast mage armour
Bone Armour: You play druid and this was the first armour you could find that you could actually use.
I think it's weird that any shield is just 2 AC. Doesn't matter what kind it is...So a wooden shield gives you as much protection as a steel one.
My group's cleric wields a shield as tall as herself and it still is only +2 AC
I onmy got a smal shield that is +1 AC
@enderskunk7644 is that from your dm? 5e Phb just lists shields as one handed with a flat plus 2ac and that you can not benefit from 2 shields at once.
Or a tiny little buckler that gives you as much protection as one of those ginormous tower shields.
@@dragishawk my DM only gave me +1 for my buckler...
Half plate: You have a 16 dex and the medium armor master feat. You are playing a valor college bard.
Arcane Armor: Your Ac is insane, or you have a lot of great abilities. Either way, the DM sweats 24/7 knowing about that the BBEG isn't gonna last long.
What’s yours is mine armour: you keep picking up enemies armour and attaching it to your armour.
Helping out the algorithm
Pog
My favorite combat encounter. It was in descent into avernus. Four shadows and three spectres attack the barbarian! all the rest of us are hidden suprise round ensues. Alright, it's the dawn of the first round, one spectre remains
That said epic how did it all go down
@@mohammadmurie very simple a couple crits, I was playing a rogue, y'know. MINMAXING
@@cycleslide2077 lmao cool
A great combo is breast plate and shield with a dex of 14. With this combo you can get an AC of 18 while still being able to move silently. As breast plate is only medium armor it means more classes can wear it. Breast plate is easier to wear and remove that heavy armor, and you can wear it with only an average strength. Furthermore, as breast plate is medium armor a max dex modifier of +2 applies which means that if you are using point buy at character creation a 14 dex is optimal. In most campaigns it won't take that long to get 500gp worth of treasure to buy breast plate.
Stone Plate Armor: You're already the slowest character in the party and you want to annoy them by reducing your speed even further.
Natural armor: you dont need fancy armor when your skin is better 😎
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You also craft a shield during your first postcombat short rest, and you've now spent no money at all to have AC 17.
0:54 “Wait… what is this… *ENCHANTED +1 AC STUDDED LEATHER ARMOR!?!?”*
So yeah that’s pretty much the point where the player’ll switch armors.
Hide armour doesn't interfere with raging, only heavy armour does. What it interferes with is unarmoured defence which is okay depending on your stats.
True actually! Think I mistook the rage feature as the unnarmored defense feature. My bad lol
*Watching video in bed before work*
3:20 - Shield!
*slowly gets out of bed*
Im off to buy the anime into DnD right now!
You can rage while wearing medium armor, it’s just heavy armor that you can’t rage in.
My DM lets us homebrew equipment so we can get exactly what we are looking for, and my armor is called the Shadow Garb. It makes me roll with strenth instead of dex and gives me the stats of Studded Leather
Ring mail is actually awesome for some builds cause you don't need any strength investment to wear it. I've used it in a couple of builds and I really like it.
You can still rage while wearing light or medium armour which hide is
Scale mail should've been "you REALLY like to roll for gold rather than picking your starting equipment because you realize half of the stuff you get is useless to you"
Ah yes, content
I have achieved (one of) the highest AC in my party with my wizard with Elven Chain. 14 (base) +2 (dex) +1 (it is a +1 armor) + 3 (+1 shield) + 1 & crit immunity (adamantine ring) for a total of 21 AC and an effective AC of 26 including shield spell. Despite this, my GM will always roll a 27 or higher on the important attacks against me specifically (we use r20, so no fudging either direction).
I'm confused, if r20 is roll 20 then yes roll 20 does have a fudge option. it should not, but it does.
Robe of the Archmagi: either your DM is *way* too generous, or you are the mythical creature who has actually played a high-level campaign.
I've homebrewed a lesser version that is just mage armor
I got it from helping to defeat Tiamat, got to level 16 through that, though that was the end of the campaign so I never got to actually use it except in a little one-shot ffa session.
My friend made a really cool hombrew armour that was a ring. When you put it on you had to make a wisdom save for every ten minutes you where it but it's worth it. You can see into the future and every possible attack raising your ac to a ridiculous level and you get advantage on saves.
what happens if you fail the save?
@@ulrichbrodowsky5016 you brain essentialy melts and you go mad because your brain can't comprehend the entirety of the future
3:41
You play Wind Waker and really like how the Magic Armor looks, so you flavor Mage Armor.
Imagine wearing armor
Yeah go unarmored
@@mohammadmurie I'm also a barbarian
@@gjallarhornprenerf7930 hail yeah my barbarian brother
@@gjallarhornprenerf7930 yeah it couldn't be us
Chain Mail:
Shy, gets sentimentally attached to possessions
Yeah, that's me alright.
You're so original I love it😍
My level four goliath fighter somehow has higher AC with no armour than with his half plate suit. I want to sell it as soon as possible so that I can buy a pair of pepperboxes to dual-wield, but I can't find a shop 😭
As an exclusive barbarian main, what the hell are you talking about with hide armor? Medium armor + shield Ancestral Guardian is one of the most fun and most effective tanks in the game.
Studded Leather: Your hated by all the history nerds at the table
Can confirm, am (somewhat) a history nerd.
Bonus round; being extremely annoyed by padded armour somehow giving disadvantage on stealth even though a gambeson would also be worn under basically everything else as well.
yea, but dnd is so unreaslistic in so many aspects that any history nerd should get different system or shut the fuck up
Outher people: * need armor*
Me: *laughs in 23 ac with dragonhide*
(total 27 with magic items or 30 with +3 Shield)
People like you are the bane of my existence as a DM
Last Stand Armor: You want to play a new character, but you don't want to be useless when you jump into the middle of the enemies.
Cast-Off Armor: Your DM has too many homebrew enemies with Heat Metal. Either that, or you've made an enemy of the party pyromancer.
Cast off armor makes me think of Essek being searched for eyes
"DUNAMANCY"
Shield: You're a lizardfolk and you come with "scale mail" (without the weight or noise), so the shield makes you feel nice, safe, and thrifty. Then the first orc you see immediately nat 20s their javelin throw . . .
Dragon Hide: You know that combining high Dex modifiers, with Bracers of Defense, makes you have higher AC than even Plate Mail. You also are likely playing a Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer with the Shield spell, so you get all the AC. You love this idea so much, you want to execute it as often as possible.
Breastplate is the best if you have less than 18 dex and don't want disadvantage on stealth checks.
*metal body:* you’re either a Warforged, artificer, living armor, or have minimum intelligence and killed a robot
My armor of choice is half-plate, thanks to a magic gem that makes any armor count as light. Yeah... try hitting this wizard now. Oh you did? That's okay, Shield is a cantrip for me, now.
Being level 17 is great.
As an artillerist, yes. I hit level 15 and get half cover from having turrets out? And while Shield isn't a cantrip for me, I stored 12 charges of it in my shield last night (also, I have an actual shield because Arcane Firearm lets me rain magical destruction one-handed)? And did I mention that one of my turrets gives me (and itself, and my other turret, and nearby allies) 1d8+6 temp HP per turn? No, go ahead and shoot all the arrows you want. It's fine.
My DM: So let's have you roll some dex saves then.
Me: Man, am I glad I took Shield Master at level 12.
unarmored defense: Screw you! I'm gonna let my monk run up a sheer cliff!
Unarmored Defense: Screw you! I'm gonna let my barbarian block that hit by flexing their muscles
Serpent Scalemail: you've never actualy heard of this armor or played through candlekeep far enough and only stumbled across it looking for some good dex armor
Serpent Scale Mail: You found this on a random page in a random book your dm forgot they even had, and realized it's more powerful than basically any other uncommon armor of that price tag, and bullied your dm into letting you have it.
Wow I've never heard of it before, but after looking it up I have to say that's awesome for just an uncommon magic item!
It can totally can beat out Elven Chain and Mithril Full Plate with the right build!
Glamour armor: you're a theater kid who wants everyone to know you're a theater kid, and your favourite class is probably bard.
You forgot that people who wear cast off armor were subject to the Cook n' Book treatment, and are deathly afraid of it happening to them.
Cast off Armor: You've seen a druid cast heat metal and you live in terror of the DM throwing one at you.
I got plate somehow in my very first session of dnd lol. the dm was like "okay no, you have to get this fitted at a blacksmith first you're not allowed to have this right now"
next dnd video "what your favorite subclass says about you, (insert class here) edition"
Armor of Shadows addendum: You took this invocation not realizing that Fiendish Vigor is just better in every way. Sure, you get hit slightly more often, but who cares when you don't take any actual damage? If you didn't take either of these, then you must be trying to snipe people with Eldritch Blast all day and are thinking you won't need to worry about getting attacked. Until the DM throws out an entire horde of archers at you. Then you will regret everything.
Unarmored Defense: You're playing a Barbarian or a Monk.
Natural Armor: You are possibly a min-maxer. That or you just like the taste of human flesh.
1d4+4 temp HP will shortly be not enough, I would recommend switching to Armor of Shadows after a few levels.
@@draghettis6524 By the time you hit the point where it isn't enough, neither invocation is truely competitive among the other choices. There are simply too many fantastic invocations at higher levels to be wasting one on AC as a class that tries not to get hit.
I feel attacked, but I narrowly avoided that arrow by *having* a shield; I just got out of bed when i watched this video.