Ive demontrastred various mages ac things in another discussion.Hunter548 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:18 pmDo you have some more explicit build-outs to back that up?malcolm_mountainslayer wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 5:31 pmJust so we are clear, a div dip sorceror pushing for ac doesn't reach 50s. It reaches high 60s almost 70 territory. I can already hit 60s on a 27/3 wizard.
lets start with a shadow mage 23 mage 4 Shadow dancer, 3 ranger (you bump your wizard 20 to epic and trade pre bonus feat for evasion and still have same cl and epic feat count as a 27/3
lets assume base dex 14 full buffed for 26 dex. This is a humble non extreme ac approach too
base 10
armor of imolation + dex mod = 9 ac
EMA = 20 ac
mage armor 1
dodge boots 1
tumble 6
haste 4
greensteel shield 5 ac
has 51 ac
Don't want to be a shadowmage or have 5% failure arcane?
do 26 wiz 4 monk like yee old 26 wiz 4 bard and trade pre epic feat for evasion
base 10
wis 8
Dex 8
tumble 6
EMA 20
mage armor 1
doddge 1
haste 4
= 58
Both these numbers could be pushed higher if you decided to sacrifice your other stats a bit more. It shuld nto bee to hard to see 60 on a plain none palemaster mage.
On dive sorceror you can do the same shadowmage dip trip for full tumble ac if that 3 extra ac doesnt matter. But you can also just do something liek armor of immolation + shadow shield+ shield + mage armor+ dodge boots+ divine shield + haste+ plus dex mod, etc.