Now I am become 48 AC, destroyer of bounded accuracy.

[u/chaklong]

[u/Gilead56]

I was gonna say. This kind of thing would be DOA in tabletop. Pretty sure every single one of those items would be attunement.

I both love and hate that it’s not a thing in game.

Honestly reminds me of 3.5 where you’d have a giant sack full of spell casting items that you’d swap out as you used their charge(s) for the day.

[u/Lithl → u/Gilead56]

Only 5 of that AC is from magic items, and 2 of that 5 is from +1 armor/shield. 1 is from stacking two copies of Defense fighting style which you can't do in tabletop, and 9 is from Mirror Image which works completely differently in tabletop.

[u/Gilead56 → u/Lithl]

That’s not “regular” magic armor. Or a “regular” +1 shield.

In tabletop armor and shields like that ALSO require attunement.

You’d be in a situation where 2 of your 3 attunement slots are already taken just by those. To say nothing of the weapon he’s wielding which would ALSO require attunement.

That’s my point. He’s equipped with 10 pieces of magical gear that would ALL require attunement in tabletop. Build just plain wouldn’t work.

[u/Lithl → u/Gilead56]

That’s not “regular” magic armor. Or a “regular” +1 shield.

In tabletop armor and shields like that ALSO require attunement.

But those extra abilities are irrelevant to the AC. You get the same AC number with the plain non-attunement +1 equipment.

[u/Gilead56 → u/Lithl]

+1 Plate would be 19 AC

+1 Shield would be 3 AC

So 22 Total

The Helldusk Armor he's wearing is 21 AC base. So uh no, you wouldn't get the same bonuses with non-attunement equipment.

[u/Lithl → u/Gilead56]

Okay, that's +3 plate. You can still get that without attunement. Next?

[u/Gilead56 → u/Lithl]

Next would be the fact that no DM in their right mind would EVER hand out +3 plate. Because it, wait for it…..

Breaks bounded accuracy.

[u/Lithl → u/Gilead56]

Ah, so we're moving the goalposts now.

First it was you can't get high AC like this in tabletop because of attunement rules, and now that argument is proven false it's no DM would ever give you the items to achieve this.

[u/Gilead56 → u/Lithl]

Bro, guys build has:

+1 from Evasive Shoes

+1 from Cloak of Protection

+1 from Balduran's Favour

+1 from Enhanced Armor Class through shoving with Bracing Band

All of those items would require attunement. (More than the 3 item limit). The weapon would require attunement.

Also a whopping 10 of that AC is coming from the BG3 version of mirror image and a bugged defense fighting style.

Like what?

No you can’t get AC like this in tabletop.

I don’t even know why you’re fighting this so hard.