<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=254080.msg12616223#msg12616223">Quote from: Haztur on 31-08-2016, 07:29:10</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The problem is that without armor a fighter only has her big hps to make her last... and in 5E the monsters DO have a fucking lot of hps. Otherwise is an idea after my own heart :D<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>One thing I never liked about D&D is that better armor translates to higher AC.  But we've seen or read of heroes fighting and coming out almost unscathed while wearing no armor or rarely, naked, in fierce battles.<br/><br/>I remembered a Arthurian film (can't remember the name) where in a young Guinevere warded off an attacker with just a shield she picked up.  To me I assumed her to be an NPC class and just 1st-level but somehow managed to withstand a couple of deadly blows before being rescued.<br/><br/>Back to my argument above, it could be translated that such heroes were higher level characters, probably at least mid-range.  But for low level characters, especially for 1st levels it takes one or two lucky hits to bring them down, and its game over.<br/><br/>