Fighter Enhancemnts and Feat Suggestions

[gelgoog]

The following is just a suggestion for helping the Fighter Class get a better armor class.



Feats:

Feat
Armor Specialization (Heavy Armor)
Lvl 3 Fighter Class only.
You have been trained to be more proficient with your armor you are wearing to increase the Armor class by +1.

Feat
Armor Specialization (Medium Armor)
Lvl 3 Fighter Class only.
You have been trained to be more proficient with your armor you are wearing to increase the Armor class by +1.

Feat
Improved Armor Specialization (Heavy Armor)
Lvl 9 Fighter Class only.
You have been trained to be more proficient with your armor you are wearing to increase the Armor class by an additional +1 bringing the total increase to +2.

Feat
Improved Armor Specialization (Medium Armor)
Lvl 9 Fighter Class only.
You have been trained to be more proficient with your armor you are wearing to increase the Armor class by an additional +1 bringing the total increase to +2.


Enhancements:

Lvl 3 Fighter Armor Proficiency 1

Description:
You gain an additional +1 to your armor class while wearing Medium and Heavy armors.

Requirements:
AP Cost: 2
AP Spent: 6
Requires the Feat Armor Specialization (Medium Armor) or (Heavy Armor).

Lvl 7 Fighter Armor Proficiency 2

Description:
You gain an additional +1 to your armor class while wearing Medium and Heavy armors bringing the total increase to +2 to your armor class.

Requirements:
AP Cost: 4
AP Spent: 20
Requires Fighters Armor Proficiency 1.

Lvl 11 Fighters Armor Proficiency 3

Description:
You gain an additional +1 to your armor class while wearing Medium and Heavy armors bringing the total increase to +3 to your armor class.

Requirements:
AP Cost: 6
AP Spent: 34
Requires Fighters Armor Proficiency 2.

Lvl 3 Fighter Shield Proficiency 1

Description:
You gain an additional +1 to your armor class while wearing a shield

Requirements:
AP Cost: 2
AP Spent: 2
Requires Improved Shield Mastery Feat.

Lvl 7 Fighter Shield Proficiency 2

Description:
You gain an additional +1 to your armor class while wearing a shield bringing the total increase to +2.

Requirements:
AP Cost: 4
AP Spent: 20
Requires Fighter Shield Proficiency 1.

Lvl 11 Fighters Shield Proficiency 3

Description:
You gain an additional +1 to your armor class while wearing a shield bringing the total increase to +3.

Requirements:
AP Cost: 6
AP Spent: 20
Requires Fighter Shield Proficiency 2.


just a thought since i prefer the Fighter class in ddo.
/shrug

[gelgoog]

Thoughts ......anyone.............anyone?

[Noctus]

A nice idea, but would intrude into Paladin territory.

Such a Fighter would make Paladins look pale in AC builds.

[gelgoog]

well paladin does have that awesome aura for a +5 to ac.

but maybe i might have overpowered it. maybe instead have a stackable damage reduction.

i figure that a fighter would know how to absorb damage when in a fight that he/she is trained for. hmmm have to think about this.

thank you for the feedback Noctus.

[Issip]

A nice idea, but would intrude into Paladin territory.

Such a Fighter would make Paladins look pale in AC builds.

Monks, rangers, and rogues (especially mixes of these classes) already make paladins (and fightres) look pale in AC builds, and they have evasion, aren't wearing armor or using a shield so they can easily out DPS both using TWF.

Armor wearing toons need something - the icy raiments are ~2 AC from completely eliminating the need for any non-robe armor altogether. It's almost worth putting a pure str based fighter in a robe to shed the armor check penalties.

I like the idea, and don't see why it needs to be limited to only fighters. Since the enhancements don't apply to the robe-wearing evasion toons (heavy and medium armor only) it seems like a good way to make armor useful again.

[Aerendil]

I'd like to see Fighter Armour Mastery changed to the above example.

To me the current system only benefits DEX-based Fighters.
Anyone else is apparently left in the cold. What good is getting an extra 2 or 3 max DEX on your armour if you're a THF build? I'd much rather just wear heavier armour or something!

So I'd be all over those changes, and would also like to see stronger ACs on raid-level armor (hey, if you can find Icy Rainments, why can't you find a full plate with a base AC of 10-12ish before bonuses? And then make greensteel armor even higher - say 13-14), and/or the various proposals for DR increases on armour (or on shields to be passive instead of blocking mode only).