Barbarian Unarmored Defense help

[CHIMERA]

So I was doing a little googling because I found some bracers called "Bracers of Defense" and the flavor text says "Become the Bulwark: You gain a +2 bonus to Armour Class as long as you are not wearing armour or holding a shield."

I checked my character sheet and it said that I (obviously) have the unarmoured defence passive which states that you add your con modifier to your armour class but when I go to the tab where it says my armour class and hover over it, it says I have a +1 from dexterity if I have no armor on???

What happened to my con modifier?? I have +2 in it but it only took my dex modifier if I'm unarmored...

[Majere]

Not quite sure exactly what you're asking, but if Unarmoured Defense isn't working and you're not wearing armour, check any helmet or boots you might have to be sure they don't require an armour proficiency. If they do, they count as 'armour' even though they provide no AC.

[>//The_FALCON]

dont just check the chest slot for armor, you can have light/medium/heavy armor on all the other slots too

[FAButzke]

I may be wrong but:
Any chest armor that is not a robe/cloth is considered armor
Any other piece of gear (helmet, boots, bracers) that is not light is considered armor.
Thus, if you have no armor, but have a Helmet that says (medium armor), you are considered armored.
At least, Wyll is my game functions like this.

[Calv]

As other mentioned, you likely have some armour in your head/hand/feet slot.

Whilst the unarmoured defense trait can be handy early on, unless you have extremely high Dex and Con you'd likely be better off wearing medium armour.

[CHIMERA]

Originally posted by Majere:

Not quite sure exactly what you're asking, but if Unarmoured Defense isn't working and you're not wearing armour, check any helmet or boots you might have to be sure they don't require an armour proficiency. If they do, they count as 'armour' even though they provide no AC.

Oh my God I had a helmet on that counted as armour... Thank you so much ;;v;;
I looked at it and it gave a buff that I liked but I didn't see it classify as armour when I put it on before

[The Strand]

Wearing ANY kind of armor that says light/medium/heavy - including helmets and gloves/bracers will negate this bonus. Excluding items that specify otherwise ofcourse...

[Tafka]

did you had helmet on ? If yes its count as armor

[❃ Galiäna Krüger ❃]

You literally cannot have anything but your weapon and no shield for that to work.

Robe count as armor.

[Arlen]

Originally posted by ❃ Galiäna Krüger ❃:

You literally cannot have anything but your weapon and no shield for that to work.

Robe count as armor.

Robe is clothing, not armor

[sevensided]

Originally posted by ❃ Galiäna Krüger ❃:

You literally cannot have anything but your weapon and no shield for that to work.

Robe count as armor.

You can wear anything and be unarmored, provided it isn't tagged with "light armor" or "medium armor" or "heavy armor" in its information popup/window.

[Degenerate]

If piece says its clothing then its not armor. If it says nothing then its not armor

[Hexoplex]

Originally posted by Arlen639:

Originally posted by ❃ Galiäna Krüger ❃:

You literally cannot have anything but your weapon and no shield for that to work.

Robe count as armor.

Robe is clothing, not armor

This is correct, otherwise the spell Mage Armor wouldn't work on Gale since he starts with a robe, and you cannot cast Mage Armor on someone wearing armor.

[guard65]

Those item that give AC though magic give a "AC(1)" or 2 boost. You can use those items. Find a ring of protection +1 and it will give you +1 AC and Saves. and will stack with the bracers.