Talk:Unarmored Duskblade (3.5e Alternate Class Feature)

I was told this was underpowered. What do you think?The Dire Reverend 17:52, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

It really is. Armored mage makes you able to actually wade into melee and use your duskblade abilities without worrying about getting whomped by smackity monsters (in theory, at least -- 3.5e has some fun with large variances in the RNG). I'd throw in a monk-like AC bonus at 1st level (which is what I expected to see when I saw the title in recent comments). Give their Int bonus to AC in addition to Dex. That would be a start to improving it. Maybe also add faster movement too. You can push up the level of some of the other abilities to compensate. --Aarnott 00:00, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Do you mean this?The Dire Reverend 21:35, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

AC Bonus (Ex): When unarmored and unencumbered, the duskblade adds her Intelligence bonus (if any) to her AC. In addition, a duskblade gains a +1 bonus to AC at 5th level. This bonus increases by 1 for every five duskblade levels thereafter (+2 at 10th, +3 at 15th, and +4 at 20th level).

These bonuses to AC apply even against touch attacks or when the duskblade is flat-footed. She loses these bonuses when she is immobilized or helpless, when she wears any armor, when she carries a shield, or when she carries a medium or heavy load.

Yes, that is exactly what I mean. --Aarnott 10:53, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Balance Issues

A person talking about this ACF on the Giant in the Playground forums stated that this ACF removes MAD. This is what I said.

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While its all fine and dandy that i get my casting stat for a bonus to AC, I still will need at least a 24 in intelligence to reach the same amount of protection a full plate armor (not counting magical enhancements you would get) would grant. You still need a decent strength score for physical damage, a good constitution score for hit points because you're going to get targeted for dealing a lot of damage, and dexterity to make up for the enhancement bonuses you don't have now. Before you would not worry about dex because of the full plate you're trudging around in. So that's one ability dependance more than a regular duskblade has.

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Would you agree with my defense?The Dire Reverend 06:48, 9 May 2011 (UTC)