The AC number you see on your screen is not the number the game uses for
combat. It is a composite number made up of two parts. One part is Hit
Avoidance, this effects how often you are actually hit. The other is Damage
Mitigation, this effects how much damage you take when you get hit.

Attack works the same way. It is made up of a To Hit portion and a Damage
portion. The numbers were both shown in beta for awhile, but where taken
out because they were 'to confusing' and replace with the misleading
composite numbers we see today.

Rokenn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jamie R. Bedford [mailto:bbedford@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 2:19 PM
> To: eqbards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [eqbards] Largos Absonant Binding (lvl 51)
>
>
> I don't really know how bard songs work with respect to AC,
> as my bard is only level 23 currently, but keep in mind that
> there is "raw" AC and "calculated" AC. Take off a piece of
> armor with 10 AC and no agi bonuses and you might like 20+
> AC. So if I reduces your "raw" AC by 16, that could be a
> large "calculated" AC decrease. Again, I have no idea if
> this is how this works.
>
> Ueni, 54 Rogue Tunare
> Llaenie, 23 Bard Tunare