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#1 Jetstream Aug 19, 2014 21:32:28	Hey. I'm gonna be playing in a game soon and one of the other players was wondering about this:   Does Natural armor stack with Armor/Barding?   We can't find anything saying yea or nay in the PGB or the basic DMG.   The closest thing I found was the beginning part of the Basic DMG's critter section talking about them as if they were exclusive, but not actually SAYING that.
#2 Overpromises Aug 19, 2014 21:56:05	Jetstream wrote:
#3 Jetstream Aug 19, 2014 22:03:27	Overpromises wrote:
(Reply to #3) Overpromises	Jetstream wrote:
#5 Jetstream Aug 20, 2014 9:34:38	Fair 'nuff
#6 Raez_Daevan Aug 20, 2014 9:42:02	An armored rhino doesn't lose its tough skin just because it now has an extra layer of defense.  They should be separate.  Adding armor to certain creatures seems like a reasonable way to make those creatures stronger, though most armor on creatures would be considered heavy armor, so they couldn't add their Dex mod, if any, anymore.
#7 Alynn Aug 20, 2014 10:14:47	This is probably either a DMG or MM answer (I'm leaning more toward MM). But it really depends if natural armor is a setting, or a bonus. Wearing Armor sets your AC. So if Natural Armor also sets your AC, then they do not stack. However, if natural armor is a bonus, then Barding and natural armor will stack.   So the RAW answer might take another month or two to figure out.
#8 Saelorn Aug 20, 2014 10:24:40	Alynn wrote:
(Reply to #6) Danny_Montanny	Raez_Daevan wrote: