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This is an article I wrote because one question I see all the time from newer players is basically, "what should I buy to be tankier?"
This answers that questions fairly thoroughly without being so exhaustive as to dive into every niche item that happens to work for a tiefling paladin with the X archetype and trait Z.
Just the staples, not a lot of frills.
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I feel like the ring of seven lovely colors should get a mention alongside the ring of deflection, given the size and dex bonuses to AC it can provide
I'll consider it, but I intended the article to be fairly class/build agnostic, and the ring isn't viable for combat for most characters. Those it benefits it also tends to benefit in a cheesy manner that I don't really want to popularize.
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It's nice to have a ready access breakdown, and I appreciate not including gimmicks like the Ring of Seven Lovely Colors, as it's drastically against the spirit of the item.
For the lucky horseshoe, it's the Fate's Favored trait that increases luck bonuses, not the Sacred Tattoo Half-Orc racial. The latter gives a +1 luck bonuses to saves just like the horseshoe.
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There is the snakeskin tunic or an ioun stone at 8000gp. This is often better if your +2 dex away from the max dex of your armor and allows you to focus your primary stat belt more.
It is also worth mentioning that different armor types have different total AC (AC + max dex). Full plate is strictly better than half plate for example. This means that there is a level at which mithral full plate is actually the right monetary choice. The same goes for celestial armor. 2 AC for 9000 is decent mid-level value proposition.
Ring of Force Shield has uses on mobile build and builds that switch between 2 handed and one handed fighting styles.
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There is the snakeskin tunic or an ioun stone at 8000gp. This is often better if your +2 dex away from the max dex of your armor and allows you to focus your primary stat belt more.
It is also worth mentioning that different armor types have different total AC (AC + max dex). Full plate is strictly better than half plate for example. This means that there is a level at which mithral full plate is actually the right monetary choice. The same goes for celestial armor. 2 AC for 9000 is decent mid-level value proposition.
Ring of Force Shield has uses on mobile build and builds that switch between 2 handed and one handed fighting styles.
Ring of Force Shield I probably won't include: it's a bit too niche/build dependent. T will put the dex stone/ snakeskin tunic in though.
Armor breakdown I'll probably put a bit more detail into as well, eventually.
That's a very... interesting picture you have up front there. Is it really the one you want to use?