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*looks around in embarrassment*

Ok, wow. Wow! What *was* I thinking? What *was* I smoking?

For Hybeki, I bet my eyes slid down a row to give her the CR 9 EAC and KAC. She should be EAC 20 and KAC 22.

As for Xavra, well, this was actually still pretty early on, written before we had even really finished with Alien Archive. It looks like I gave him all the AC of his armor plus his Dex bonus and...oops!

I would change that to be EAC 24 and KAC 26, giving him the numbers from the array with an additional +1 due to solarian armor.

Hope that helps and sorry for any TPKs!

Thank you very much for the clarification, sir!

pithica42 wrote:

That doesn't sound absurd, to me.

The characters are supposed to be level 8 when they get to that fight. The fight is versus a CR10 monster. Most of the AC numbers I've seen have had full BAB classes hitting even CR monsters on rolls between 9-14, and CR+2 Monsters between 14-18 (obviously, with variances on weapon types and tactics and things like cover).

It's on the high side. Now that I've noticed the Dex not going to AC clause in the build instructions, I think you're right that there's something screwy. However, it's also the 'boss fight' of the dungeon, so it should be a harder than the others, so it may be intentionally more difficult than it's supposed to be. My guess is they bent the AC rules for it, on purpose, to make it a harder fight. But unless Jason Keeley drops by, or we get an Errata, your guess is certainly at least as good as mine.

Boss fight or not, arbitrarily raising an AC with no reason or clarification as to the 'how,' is poor game design. Also, Hybeki(the sub boss) has an AC 2 higher than it should be, as well. I would really like the errata because I am writing modules for Starfinder and would like to know how it works.

Also, the reason I think it is absurd is because the Alien Archive motto for NPC and creature design was high attack and damage and low AC.

That doesn't sound absurd, to me.

The characters are supposed to be level 8 when they get to that fight. The fight is versus a CR10 monster. Most of the AC numbers I've seen have had full BAB classes hitting even CR monsters on rolls between 9-14, and CR+2 Monsters between 14-18 (obviously, with variances on weapon types and tactics and things like cover).

It's on the high side. Now that I've noticed the Dex not going to AC clause in the build instructions, I think you're right that there's something screwy. However, it's also the 'boss fight' of the dungeon, so it should be a harder than the others, so it may be intentionally more difficult than it's supposed to be. My guess is they bent the AC rules for it, on purpose, to make it a harder fight. But unless Jason Keeley drops by, or we get an Errata, your guess is certainly at least as good as mine.

Boss fight or not, arbitrarily raising an AC with no reason or clarification as to the 'how,' is poor game design. Also, Hybeki(the sub boss) has an AC 2 higher than it should be, as well. I would really like the errata because I am writing modules for Starfinder and would like to know how it works.

pithica42 wrote:

Emanuel Bearden wrote:

If that's the case, then Xavra's AC should be 23/25 base and then +2 for solar armor.

The 23/24 for a CR10 combatant array is before dex bonus. Xavra has a dex bonus of +8, but it looks like they are factoring in the max dex from the armor, even though they aren't including AC bonus.

Do NPCs get to use their dexterity bonus? I was under the understanding that they did not (Alien Archive page 127 is unclear about this).

The similar rules from Pathfinder Unchained (pages 194 to 253) clearly stated that NPCs did not. [/QUOTE

I believe it is straight up wrong. I have a solarian that will playing that ap. He will need to roll a 17 or 18 to hit and that seems absurd considering the roles of soldiers and solarians as full bab classes.

NPC's don't actually use their equipment for AC. AC is part of the monster/NPC creation rules in the Alien Archive, and is based on the CR of monster and its templates. If you have a CR X creature, with Y templates, their AC is Z. The equipment you give them is just for loot purposes.

If that's the case, then Xavra's AC should be 23/25 base and then +2 for solar armor.

I believe Xavra's AC is wrong. Freebooter Armor 3 is +12 EAC and +13 KAC with a Max Dex of +6. That puts Xavra at 28 EAC and 29 KAC. Then, Solar Armor adds +2, giving him 30 and 31, respectively. Where did the extra +1 come from?