He then has AC 17 in his normal form, +4 from the hide armor itself and +3 from the enchantment on the armor. Suppose the druid (with his Dex back to 10) is wearing +3 hide armor. So he has AC 17 in Leopard form, +2 Natural for being a medium sized animal (per Beast Shape 1 spell description) and +5 from Dex.
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If the druid then Wildshapes into a Leopard, he now longer gets the +4 AC from hide armor, just like in example 2, but he can now benefit from the full +5 bonus from his dexterity, as if his hide armor didn't exist. He can't get the full +5 Dex bonus because hide armor allows a maximum +4 Dex bonus. That would give the druid an AC of 18 in his normal form, +4 from the hide armor and +4 from Dex. Suppose the druid in Example 2 has a Dex of 20. If he then Wildshapes into a Leopard, he loses the +4 AC bonus from the hide armor, as if the armor didn't exist, so in Leopard form he has an AC of 12, just like in Example 1. The druid from example 1 is wearing hide armor, which provides a +4 AC bonus, so he has AC 14 in his normal form. The druid does, however, get a +2 Natural AC bonus for being a medium sized animal, according to the Beast Shape 1 spell description, which means which means the Druid's AC in Leopard form is AC 12. In this example, the druid does not get the Leopard's +1 natural armor bonus and the druid's Dex of 10 replaces the Leopard's Dex, so the druid doesn't get the Leopard's +4 to AC from Dex either. The druid Wildshapes into a Leopard, a medium sized beast with an AC of 15, consisting of +1 Natural and +4 Dex. With those stats and just standing there in shirtsleeves with no armor or shield and no spell or magic effects would give me an AC of 10. They're not the actual stats I would have (or want) as a melee combat druid. These stats are for simplicity of calculating the following examples. Suppose my druid has Wisdom of 18 and all other stats of 10. So I think I understand the rules but I'd like to post some example scenarios here and see if anyone agrees or disagrees with how I calculate them. I've read the various applicable sections scattered around in the rules and googled a bunch of message threads on the subject. So I'm about to play a melee combat druid and I'd like to make sure I understand the fairly tricky effect of Wildshape on a druid's armor class.
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