Defence

Defence is a fighting style passive feature.

Description

You gain a +1 bonus to  Armour Class while wearing armour.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 1: Fighter
• Class level 2: Ranger and Paladin

Used by creatures:

• Apostle of Myrkul, Har'rak, Ketheric Thorm, Losiir, Minsc, Minthara, Skoona, Varanna Sunblossom, Zevlor, Zombie Minthara

Notes

• This effect is active while wearing anything marked as light, medium, or heavy armour in any equipment slot.
• This fighting style is generally considered weaker than other, more specialized fighting styles such as  Duelling or  Archery.
  • However, it is useful for Champion Fighters who can choose a second fighting style.
  • Since the benefit of  Great Weapon Fighting becomes less effective when paired with  Savage Attacker or  Brace (Melee), a warrior using two-handed weapons may instead want to take Defence.

Bugs

• For  Helldusk Armour and  Elven Chain, both of which lack a proficiency group, Defence does not consider them as armour proper. To work around this, these items have a hidden passive which grants +1 AC if the wearer has the Defence passive. However, if the wearer also has another piece of armour equipped which has a proficiency group, the normal +1 AC from Defence is additionally applied, for a total of +2 AC.

Brief preview

+1 to AC while wearing armour.