Mysterious -2 Modifier?

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#1

pockypowah

Aug 11, 2010 1:03:20
So. We've been tryign to figure this out for a while. My friend's fighter (using the official character builder for 4.0) has a -2 modifier to his AC, Fort and Reflex listed under the 'Misc' tab. 

He's a level 8 fighter wielding a shield and longsword with layered plate armor. I can upload the character builder file if neccesary. We just cannot for the life of us figure out where this -2 is coming from.

Thanks in advance.  
#2

DeathMutantLives

Aug 11, 2010 1:09:38
Does he have the feat "Armor Proficiency (Plate)"? Fighters do not start with plate armor proficiency, unlike Paladins.
#3

Neutronium_Dragon

Aug 11, 2010 1:41:39
This has been reported down in the Builder forum: for some reason the builder is currently giving the character's shield bonus a second time as a "misc" bonus and then applying a penalty of the same value. It still produces the same total AC value though.
#4

pockypowah

Aug 11, 2010 2:01:56
Ok, thanks guys.

(Yes he does have the armor proficiency)

We figured it was a glitch, but wanted to make sure. Again, thanks  
#5

FlashbackJon

Aug 13, 2010 10:42:15
Just to be clear, his AC and Reflex should still be accurate, only the behind-the-scenes math looks funny.