Armor Class

Armor Class

• Armor Class = AC
• Represents how hard a character is to be wounded in battle
  • It combines how armored they are with how good they are at dodging attacks
• A character may have multiple potential ACs (depending on class features etc), they choose which one to use
• Typical other sources of AC could be:
  • Wearing armor
  • Class features (E.g. a barbarian's unarmored defence)
  • Racial features (E.g. a lizardfolk's natural armor)
• If a character has no other sources of AC, then it's 10 + Dexterity modifier

Player's Handbook, page 144