Samtron |
Hi,
i´m working on my Hunter (Archer) and have read some Archer builds and in almoste all of them they use a mithral chain shirt as Armor.
But when i compare the mithral chain shirt whith the mithral Breastplate i finde the breastplate better.
Do i miss something?
When i assume a Dex bonus of +6 and compare them with a +3/+2 enchantment bonus.
Mithral chain mail:
Armor bonus +4, Dex bonus +6, enchantment +3, summs up +13AC cost 10.100gp
Mithral breastplate:
Armor bonus +6, Dex bonus +5, entchantment +2, summs up +13AC cost 8.200gp
both have no Armor Check Penalty, the breastplate starts with -4 and gets +3 from mithral and +1 from masterwork.
so the only real difference is the weight, mithral chain shirt 12,5lbs vs breast plate 15lbs and if you invest a nother 200 gp to make it a agile brest plate even that is the same.
So why are people use the mithral chain shirt and not the mithral breast plate, what am i missing?
Thanks
Michael