Dungeons & Dragons: Armor Types Explained
Dungeons & Dragons features a plethora of ways for players to customize their character, such as a player's choice of race, class, subclass, and spells. One integral yet sometimes overlooked element of one's character is the type of gear they will wield, including their armor.
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Armor in Dungeons & Dragons comes in several types and forms, many of which are available to any type of character from the word go, while other types of armor are better suited for characters of specific classes. So today, in order to help newcomers to the game better understand their options when equipping their character for their next adventure, we'll be exploring everything you need to know about armor in D&D's fifth edition.
As the name would suggest, Light Armor is the most lightweight armor available in D&D. While it doesn't provide as much of an increase to a character's Armor Class as the other types of armor, it is incredibly easy to wear, meaning that every class in the game is proficient with it save for Monks, Wizards, and Sorcerers.
Light Armor provides an AC bonus that piggybacks off of a character's dexterity modifier, making it a solid choice for characters with high dexterity.
Light armor comes in three forms with the following characteristics:
More protective than Light Armor, Medium Armor provides a larger AC bonus than most forms of Light Armor at the cost of limiting how much a character's dexterity modifier can improve their AC.
Medium Armor is available to Artificers, Clerics, Druids, Fighters, Paladins, and Rangers, and can be a great source of defensive coverage for characters with less than stellar Dexterity.
While the various types of Medium Armor can improve
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