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Armor as Damage Reduction variant

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#1
CanineLord
Nov 24, 2009 2:42:29 Has anyone used Unearthed Arcana's "Armor as DR" rules variant in their game? And if so, how well did it work? Was it balanced through all levels?

Thanks much

(Yah, I know, this is a rules question. But know one knows more about power and balance than the folks on the character op boards)

Edit: I plan on combining Armor as DR with the "Class Defense Bonus" variant.
#2
staticx278
Nov 25, 2009 13:29:21 You might check into d20 modern. They use armor as damage reduction as part of the core rules. See how much they like it.
#3
tshern
Nov 25, 2009 16:17:22 It doesn't work. Damage scales up a lot faster than the DR can take care of.
#4
houkama
Nov 26, 2009 3:32:38 Yeah, it turns everyone into glass cannons. If you are going to go this route you probably need to add in some base DR for the characters by level.

I ran a war game where the PCs were mooks trying to survive and I used this rule. I think we averaged one PC death a night. Simply put, it was harder for the NPCs to miss attacks than it was for them to have their attacks negated by DR.

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#1 CanineLord Nov 24, 2009 2:42:29	Has anyone used Unearthed Arcana's "Armor as DR" rules variant in their game? And if so, how well did it work? Was it balanced through all levels? Thanks much (Yah, I know, this is a rules question. But know one knows more about power and balance than the folks on the character op boards) Edit: I plan on combining Armor as DR with the "Class Defense Bonus" variant.
#2 staticx278 Nov 25, 2009 13:29:21	You might check into d20 modern. They use armor as damage reduction as part of the core rules. See how much they like it.
#3 tshern Nov 25, 2009 16:17:22	It doesn't work. Damage scales up a lot faster than the DR can take care of.
#4 houkama Nov 26, 2009 3:32:38	Yeah, it turns everyone into glass cannons. If you are going to go this route you probably need to add in some base DR for the characters by level. I ran a war game where the PCs were mooks trying to survive and I used this rule. I think we averaged one PC death a night. Simply put, it was harder for the NPCs to miss attacks than it was for them to have their attacks negated by DR.