Strenght and heavy armor

[Grimm]

is it needed strenght to wear it? i know that for the weight you need strenght but i readed somewhere that in the pnp game you need i think at least 15 strenght to wear heavy armor, i wanted to know if it is a requisit in the game or is it just in the pnp game

[DeadBeat61]

I don't think it matters as long as you've got the proficiency. I'm ready to be wrong tho, bring it on nerds!

[RealDealBreaker]

13 STR required for chain mail, 15 required for splint or plate.

[Keycha1n10]

anyone can wear it though i believe you need heavy armour proficiency to get the full effect of the armour

[Dragon Master]

Unless Larian changed the strength requirements it takes proficiency with it AND enough strength to wear certain types of armor, 15 strength being the most you need.

[Mad Max]

Don't forget you need a certain amount of Dexterity as well.

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by Mad Max:

Don't forget you need a certain amount of Dexterity as well.

No you don't. Not in 5E.

In fact, the heaviest armor doesn't even allow a dexterity bonus to AC, which kind of turns dex into a dump stat for characters wearing heavy armor and being on the front lines, not needing more than 12 tops.

[Rae]

At least in the Early Access version, there were no stat requirements. You needed proficiency but that was it.

Of course, they could change it in the full release but it seems like an odd thing to suddenly change.

[Mad Max]

Originally posted by Dragon Master:

Originally posted by Mad Max:

Don't forget you need a certain amount of Dexterity as well.

No you don't. Not in 5E.

In fact, the heaviest armor doesn't even allow a dexterity bonus to AC, which kind of turns dex into a dump stat for characters wearing heavy armor and being on the front lines, not needing more than 12 tops.

Oh wow, I learned something today!

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by Mad Max:

Originally posted by Dragon Master:

No you don't. Not in 5E.

In fact, the heaviest armor doesn't even allow a dexterity bonus to AC, which kind of turns dex into a dump stat for characters wearing heavy armor and being on the front lines, not needing more than 12 tops.

Oh wow, I learned something today!

Happy to help.

Basically the lighter the armor the more dex helps out. Light armor doesn't have a limit for how much dexterity helps out so having as much dexterity raises your AC by very large amounts.

Medium Armor doesn't have a strength requirement either but does have a limit to how much dexterity brings to your AC, (14 dex is all you need if you're going to be a medium armor wearing person because anything higher will exceed the +2 dex bonus limit).

Heavy Armor starts having strength requirements but dexterity becomes less useful overall (still great for initiative rolls or stealth checks, but most heavy armor will cause you to roll stealth with disadvantage).

[Grimm]

Originally posted by Dragon Master:

Originally posted by Mad Max:

Oh wow, I learned something today!

Happy to help.

Basically the lighter the armor the more dex helps out. Light armor doesn't have a limit for how much dexterity helps out so having as much dexterity raises your AC by very large amounts.

Medium Armor doesn't have a strength requirement either but does have a limit to how much dexterity brings to your AC, (14 dex is all you need if you're going to be a medium armor wearing person because anything higher will exceed the +2 dex bonus limit).

Heavy Armor starts having strength requirements but dexterity becomes less useful overall (still great for initiative rolls or stealth checks, but most heavy armor will cause you to roll stealth with disadvantage).

so if i were to use the club of giant strenght then i would have enough strenght to wear heavy armor even if i dump the stat right?

[Eckoh]

Hmm... I make a "ranger knight" as it seemed to be the most useful of that group of choices and when I made the heavy armor in the forge my ranger with only 12 str could wear it.

[ACS36]

using heavy armor definitely needs strength requirements and I'll be disappointed if it's not in the game.

there should at least be penalties to those who lack strength while using heavy armor.

[Jiroa]

Originally posted by ACS36:

using heavy armor definitely needs strength requirements and I'll be disappointed if it's not in the game.

there should at least be penalties to those who lack strength while using heavy armor.

Considering we know there's items that sets your strenght value to 16 or 18 you could still dump your str to 8 and wear plate.