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no armour is sure a downside - except for the monk. even RL monks learn weird techniques that give them resistance to fire (firewalkers) cold (the ones that sit on a mountain,naked, in winter) pain (bed of nails) and so on.
the ones in BG are just scary. they get extra -1 ac every 2 levels. at level 20 they get -1 ac, base, plus dex bonus, plus ring/cloak of protection, plus anything i forgot. and more resistances than i can even remember, plus extra movement, plus immunities to charm, hold etc.
compare with a fighter, who gets very few resistances (im not going to strip off all the magical stuff to see if there are any at all, but i severely doubt it), has a base ac of about 6 (fixed) plus dex plus ring/cloak. is not immune to anything at all without help.
look, fighters go to great length to seek out items which make you immune to charm or confusion - the monk just _is_ immune.theyr just awesome. and,if they could but disarm traps, theyd be the perfect solo class.
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