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SixOfSpades · 01-21-2003, 08:00 PM

One more thing about Barbarians: Your Armor Class is going to SUCK. You'd better get used to it, because (through most of SoA at the very least) you're going to be right out there in front of the party, with a big red bullseye painted on your chest--and you will get hit. Okay, so you can't wear Plate or Full Plate armor, and that wouldn't be so bad....if there was any good Splint Mail or Chain Mail that you could wear. Unfortunately, the best Splint Mail in the game is only +2, and you can either
A) Go back to that Chainmail+2 you found in the very beginning of the game, and cling to it for dear life,
B) Sacrifice some Boots of Speed in exchange for some Chainmail+5, or
C) Wait until Chapter 6 to get some Chainmail+6.
Alternatively, you can walk around in Shadow Dragon Scales for all of SoA, but just how strong is THAT, compared to things like Armor of the Hart and the Gorgon Plate? And don't forget that Plate and Full Plate armors provide excellent additional AC modifiers.....which Chain Mail certainly does not.

That's why, for a Barbarian, physical Resistances are SO important. Get the Defender of Easthaven, and NEVER put that puppy down.

01-21-2003, 08:00 PM	#19
SixOfSpades Dracolisk Join Date: September 16, 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA, USA Age: 48 Posts: 6,901	One more thing about Barbarians: Your Armor Class is going to SUCK. You'd better get used to it, because (through most of SoA at the very least) you're going to be right out there in front of the party, with a big red bullseye painted on your chest--and you will get hit. Okay, so you can't wear Plate or Full Plate armor, and that wouldn't be so bad....if there was any good Splint Mail or Chain Mail that you could wear. Unfortunately, the best Splint Mail in the game is only +2, and you can either A) Go back to that Chainmail+2 you found in the very beginning of the game, and cling to it for dear life, B) Sacrifice some Boots of Speed in exchange for some Chainmail+5, or C) Wait until Chapter 6 to get some Chainmail+6. Alternatively, you can walk around in Shadow Dragon Scales for all of SoA, but just how strong is THAT, compared to things like Armor of the Hart and the Gorgon Plate? And don't forget that Plate and Full Plate armors provide excellent additional AC modifiers.....which Chain Mail certainly does not. That's why, for a Barbarian, physical Resistances are SO important. Get the Defender of Easthaven, and NEVER put that puppy down. __________________ Volothamp's Comeuppance Everything you ever needed to know about the entire Baldur's Gate series......except spoilers.