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3E Armor Class Conversion
This is a conversion for Armor Class, for the 3rd edition. It can be used to convert current AD&D characters to a system that will be closer to 3E. This table should be fairly close to the final version unless they change the base armor class of the armor. It was provided by Eric Noah at Dungeons & Dragons 3E.
| 2nd Ed. AC | Armor Example | 3rd Ed. AC |
| 10 | No Armor | 10 |
| 9 | Shield | 11 |
| 8 | Leather Armor | 12 |
| 7 | Studded Leather | 13 |
| 6 | Scale Mail | 14 |
| 5 | Chain Mail | 15 |
| 4 | Banded Mail | 16 |
| 3 | Plate Mail | 17 |
| 2 | Field Plate | 18 |
| 1 | Full Plate | 19 |
| 0 | Various magical | 20 |
| -1 | Various magical | 21 |
| -2 | Various magical | 22 |
| -3 | Various magical | 23 |
| -4 | Various magical | 24 |
| -5 | Various magical | 25 |
| -6 | Various magical | 26 |
| -7 | Various magical | 27 |
| -8 | Various magical | 28 |
| -9 | Various magical | 29 |
| -10 | Various magical | 30 |
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