Spell casters in heavy armour

[Whale hunter]

Hey guys, I haven’t tried this yet but Is it possible to take a level of fighter or pally and gain proficiency in heavy armour and shields? I’m guessing not? As it would be too easy to gain massive defensive bonuses?

[Incantus]

I mean, it works. 1 Fighter and then 11 Wizard is just as powerful as a lvl 12 wizard, but can wear heavy armor etc.

Looks abit silly personally speaking, but there is nothing stopping you.

Reason why most wouldn't do it is because it slows down your spell progression by an entire level and you dont really keep wizards in melee range anyway.

[I'm A Distraction!]

So long as you take your first level in a class that gets it, or you take a feat to grab the proficiency, you can. There's not many heavy armors that give you spellcasting bonuses, though.

The only class whose abilities don't work in heavy armor even with proficiency is Barbarian, irrc.

[Abisha]

it don't matter so much at high level you can't tank away with mage
but you do loss a feat point doing so.

[Doombringer]

To get heavy armor from fighter/paladin you would need to be one at level 1.
1 level of Ranger or Cleric can get it whenever.
Cleric is nice because it is also a full caster.

[zpc]

It's awesome - you can dump DEX and don't have to rely on defensive spells anymore. I make it a point to turn all my spell casters into cleric like tanks - with the difference they use INT or CHA attribute for their spells.

Personally I don't care if I loose one armageddon spell at lvl 12 - because the game is pretty much done then and it doesn't make a huge difference at all. You still win, and the enemy crumbles.

[Snake_In_The_Eye]

Originally posted by Whale hunter:

Hey guys, I haven’t tried this yet but Is it possible to take a level of fighter or pally and gain proficiency in heavy armour and shields? I’m guessing not? As it would be too easy to gain massive defensive bonuses?

at high level between mirror image, shield and blur you have many defensive tools as a wizard

[RagnaroekIV]

Theres also an option to get an Heavy Armor in Act3 that gives u 20 (or 21?) AC that makes you autmatically Proficent with that Armor. So if u can wait till then, could be a way

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Whale hunter:

Spell casters in heavy armour
Hey guys, I haven’t tried this yet but Is it possible to take a level of fighter or pally and gain proficiency in heavy armour and shields? I’m guessing not? As it would be too easy to gain massive defensive bonuses?

Works very good. Pretty much as you imagine.

I played so far

PLD2/WRL10
PLD6/SOR6
CLR1/SOR11
CLR2/SOR10
CLR1/WRL3/SOR8
FGT2/SOR10

and so on

[Agony_Aunt]

Originally posted by zpc:

because the game is pretty much done then

Huh? I got level 12 not even halfway through Act 3.

[zpc]

Originally posted by Agony_Aunt:

Originally posted by zpc:

because the game is pretty much done then

Huh? I got level 12 not even halfway through Act 3.

In terms of "power" - nothing can stop you anymore. Hell - you can kill Gortach at the coronation, surrounded by all his lackeys. (I arrived there with lvl 11.5)

[Tijger]

Originally posted by Agony_Aunt:

Originally posted by zpc:

because the game is pretty much done then

Huh? I got level 12 not even halfway through Act 3.

Congrats, you're at max level :)

[Zephalia]

i play lv 3 Pala + lv 9 Sorcerer on tactician with only karlach in my party and i am way too op
i got 23 STR 23 KON and an AC of 21.
combined with two maces in my hands i bring destruction with divine smite over everything. first round of combat 200+ DMG is not unusual (with the right equipment of course)

[Sephiroth]

Originally posted by Snake_In_The_Eye:

Originally posted by Whale hunter:

Hey guys, I haven’t tried this yet but Is it possible to take a level of fighter or pally and gain proficiency in heavy armour and shields? I’m guessing not? As it would be too easy to gain massive defensive bonuses?

at high level between mirror image, shield and blur you have many defensive tools as a wizard

lol blur is a garbage spell becuase it requires concentration. 5E is terrible game design.

Blur a level 1 spell... take up your concentration... which you would not want because you could have haste going or any other good spell going instead.

THIS IS WHY I SAY BLUR WOULD BE GOOD IF IT DID NOT REQUIRE CONCENTRATION. Its one of the balance changes I suggest to this game.

Its a level 1 spell that is good ONLY if you are not wasting your concentration on it. Otherwise I will never use it because it sucks and I will be giving up all the other spells I could use instead.

[Whale hunter]

Originally posted by Zephalia:

i play lv 3 Pala + lv 9 Sorcerer on tactician with only karlach in my party and i am way too op
i got 23 STR 23 KON and an AC of 21.
combined with two maces in my hands i bring destruction with divine smite over everything. first round of combat 200+ DMG is not unusual (with the right equipment of course)

I was a EK for the first 8 levels and hated it, just swapped to paly/cleric and it’s so much fun. I’m so tempted on my second play through to build 4 of them and just run around smiting everyone lol

[Recjawjind]

Originally posted by Sephiroth:

lol blur is a garbage spell becuase it requires concentration. 5E is terrible game design.

Blur a level 1 spell... take up your concentration... which you would not want because you could have haste going or any other good spell going instead.

THIS IS WHY I SAY BLUR WOULD BE GOOD IF IT DID NOT REQUIRE CONCENTRATION. Its one of the balance changes I suggest to this game.

Its a level 1 spell that is good ONLY if you are not wasting your concentration on it. Otherwise I will never use it because it sucks and I will be giving up all the other spells I could use instead.

KEK just use the cloak of displacement.