3/4/14, Armor Class
“Hey, Dad! What’s my armor class now?”
The seven-year-old pops back up from behind the couch. There is a pair of underwear on his head. He’s holding a throw pillow, and there are socks on his hands.
“Well, let’s see. Helmet is -2, shield is -3, and I’ll give you -1 for the hand protection. So how much is that?”
The junior Dungeons and Dragons warrior screws up his face to think, which makes the underwear on his head all the more awesome. “Negative 6?”
“Yep. If you had a weapon that might help.”
The underwear helmet nods and searches the floor for a toilet paper roll or some other suitable shiv.
The four-year-old seizes the opportunity. “Dad, didya know I’m in a big armor class?”
“You are?”
“Yeah because I defeated all the challenges of Little Armor Class.”
Today armor; tomorrow amour.
Charisma: 18
=)
I love that Irving Katz had the numbers ready!
He also just informed me that there was an egregious error in the story. For the record, a weapon does not increase your armor class!!
They must be using an older edition. I thought armor class was positive now.
Kevin, I do believe it is the 1970s editions (in less than mint condition) that have been passed down to the nerdlings.
this is great. I can’t wait to hear what they dig up to use as a Girdle of Giant Strength.