What If: crit when beat AC by 5 or more

[Theodoxus]

Yeah, leather should be pretty protective against fire. Chain should be weak to acid. Metal weak to lightning. Cloth strong against cold... but that really starts making armor really slow down combat, so probably not a great plan.

OTOH, magic is supposed to be more powerful; so... meh.

[Skrum]

Yeah, leather should be pretty protective against fire. Chain should be weak to acid. Metal weak to lightning. Cloth strong against cold... but that really starts making armor really slow down combat, so probably not a great plan.

OTOH, magic is supposed to be more powerful; so... meh.

This is the kind of stuff that BG3 made so great. The computer handles all the tedious situational bonuses - so yeah, that not practical or fun in the table top version.

I'd like to think there's a middle ground though; making AC more nuanced than "any and all attack rolls are against full AC, and do damage regardless of protection worn."

I dunno what it would be though, off the top of my head.