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#1 FunkySpunk Apr 17, 2015 11:40:34	druid casts mage armor on himself. Then he shape shifts.   Does the mage armor bonus apply in animal form?
#2 Tempest_Stormwind Apr 17, 2015 11:55:29	It's not a bonus - it's a formula.   Basically, the spell's duration continues as long as concentration's maintained, but you choose between AC 13 + Dex (this'll be the animal's Dex, since that's what stats you're using while wild shaped) -OR- AC [Whatever the animal form's AC is]   Incidentally, this is probably why Barkskin works the way it does.
#3 mellored Apr 17, 2015 11:57:42	Yes, but it doesn't stack with the animals normal AC.   Most of the time it would be worth +3, but a brown bear, for instance, has 11 AC, and 10 Dex. So mage armor would give you 13+0 Dex = 13 AC, not 14.
#4 SterlingRat Apr 17, 2015 12:02:32	Mage Armor (from http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop/players-basic-rules) You touch a willing creature who isn’t wearing armor, and a protective magical force surrounds it until the spell ends. The target’s base AC becomes 13 + its Dexterity modifier. The spell ends if the target dons armor or if you dismiss the spell as an action.   This isn't a bonus, it's actually armor. If you transform into a creature that has armor (for instance, a Polar Bear from the DM Basic Rules has armor Class 12 (natural armor)) so it is effectively putting on armor, which ends the spell.    However, if you turn into a Saber-Toothed Tiger, you would get Armor Class 12 with no notes about any natural armor, so I don't think it would cancel the spell.  So... it depends on the animal you change into.
#5 Tempest_Stormwind Apr 17, 2015 12:17:08	SterlingRat wrote:
(Reply to #5) SterlingRat	Tempest_Stormwind wrote:
#7 Tempest_Stormwind Apr 17, 2015 12:47:12	SterlingRat wrote:
#8 FunkySpunk Apr 17, 2015 14:02:36	It isn't as much of a bonus as I thought it would be.   Oh well.