Disable Evasion in heavy armor

[Knight Of Pentacles]

no way jose!  then what happens to people with the balls to play pure rogues who have the same equipment proficiencies as a fighter? I can see disabling it for a multiclass, but pure rogues should have evasion no matter what armor they wear.

[Capricious]

Dodge could mean many things, really. It gives a +1 AC bonus to the character you're facing so it could just be speed of movement in any armor. That applies to parrying, raising a shield swiftly, using proper footwork, etc..

Of course, this is a tangent. As far as the Evasion thing goes, I think it's a good idea on the surface, although I do agree that the danger is it makes wizards just that little bit more powerful when facing very specific PCs.

[TheImpossibleDream]

First make full plates readily available. 3500 gold for what is effectively 1 ac compared to the easily accessable meduim armor class +1 armors that virtually rain from the sky for non full plate classes.

Then I'd be happy for the loss of evasion in heavy armor.

[Howlando]

This has been discussed extensively at the past, and previously was decided to be technically too complex to implement. If a tech DM happens to see this and think they would know a good way to do it, we can discuss it internally I suppose. Although I'm not really sold on the idea myself. High-AC chainshirt builds are already good enough!

Locked for now, lest another epic debate rage forth....