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Hey ive been mulling over the new book and i have a few questions. First one im a bit confused on the item bonus to armor. For example im making a 3rd lvl fighter with full plate but it says add item bonus to ac and under fullplate it states its a second lvl item. do i add 2AC to its 6AC? Also i plan on specializing with axes at 5th lvl and i plan to have a hatchet or two for tossin but does it get the cleave on crits and if so how does that work?
Hello Kazriak,
We do not answer rules questions in the Customer Service forum. I have moved this over to Pathfinder Second Edition Rules Questions forum. There should be more knowledgable folks here!
The item bonus is just what is listed in the armor table as the AC value. The item level of the armor does not influence the AC you get; it is used to determine what level a character needs to be to craft it and how high the DC for the corresponding Crafting check is.
Thrown hatchets generally do not get the cleave on crit since the effect specifies that the second target needs to be both adjacent to your target and within reach. Note that the term "reach" always refers to melee attacks; for ranged attacks, the term "range" is used instead. There are corner cases, such as throwing a hatchet at a target 10ft away with one other enemy between you and the target; in this case, as written, the critical specialization would apply. You can flavor this however you want; my interpretation would be that you graze the second target while throwing the hatchet at the primary target.