Can an animal instinct barbarian benefit from Mountain Stance and Mountain Stronghold to jack up his AC? Assuming he already has Animal Skin? If not, are there other ways besides holding a shield to really jackup the AC on an animal Instinct barb?
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Mountain Stance would work, but not stack (as both it and Animal Skin provide Status Bonuses), meaning it results in the two having equal AC at most levels (I think technically, you can do 1 better at 12th level very precisely by taking Mountain Stronghold...Animal Skin catches up at 13th), as just going Animal Skin plus Dex 16.
So, Mountain Stance is a roundabout way to avoid investing in Dex (at the expense of a worse attack...d8 instead of d12), not an actual AC boost for an Animal Instinct Barbarian. I would thus advise against that combo in most cases.
Thank you kindly