What classes wear medium armor?

The classes that can wear medium armor include the DnD Barbarian, Cleric 5e, DnD Paladin, Fighter 5e, DnD Ranger, Artificer 5e, and DnD Blood Hunter, as well as the Engineer, Ranger, and Thief professions in certain games like GW2. These classes can effectively utilize medium armor to gain more protection in combat, while also considering the slight cost it imposes on movement and other abilities.

Frequently Asked Questions

General Questions

1. What classes use medium armor in GW2?: Medium armor can be used by the Engineer, Ranger, and Thief professions.
2. Can a warlock wear medium armor?: Warlocks are proficient with Light Armor and can cast spells in Light Armor without having to worry about Arcane Spell Failure, but they can invest in Enlightened Spirit enhancements to gain Medium Armor proficiency.
3. Can a small creature wear medium armor?: Yes, small creatures can wear medium armor, and if encumbrance is used in a campaign, there would be a large advantage to heavy and medium armor characters being small.

Class-Specific Questions

4. Can bards wear medium armor?: Yes, Bards generally wear medium armor, but depending on the build, spellcasters or healers might just stay in something lighter.
5. Can wizards wear medium armor?: Yes, any character, including a Wizard, can wear any armor, though it is advisable for characters to only wear armor that they are proficient in.
6. Can rogues wear medium armor?: While a Rogue-multiclass character might wear medium armor, it’s usually because they’re not focusing on Dexterity for some reason.
7. Can Bladesingers wear medium armor?: If the Bladesinger wears medium or heavy armor, she loses all benefits of the Bladesong style.

Armor and Movement

8. What is medium armor?: Medium armor offers more protection than light armor, but it also impairs movement more, and if you wear medium armor, you add your Dexterity modifier to the base number from your armor type to determine your Armor Class.
9. Can a dwarf wizard wear armor?: If you are a Mountain Dwarf (who has Dwarven Armor Training, granting proficiency in light and medium armors), then yes, but if you are any other Dwarf subrace, then no, unless some other class or feat is giving you light armor proficiency.

Game-Specific Questions

10. What is medium armor good for in ESO?: Medium Armor Bonuses reduce the cost of Sprint by 1%, reduce the cost of Sneak by 5%, reduce the cost of Block by 3%, reduce damage taken from Area of Effect attacks by 2% for 2 seconds after you use Roll Dodge, and increase Movement Speed by 2% while immune to crowd control.
11. Are barbarians proficient in medium armor?: Yes, Barbarians get proficiency in medium armor and can still rage while wearing armor that isn’t heavy.
12. What is DND armor class?: In Dungeons and Dragons, your armor class, or AC, represents your defense against attacks from monsters, and a lower AC is better than a higher one.

Combat and Spellcasting

13. Can you rage in medium armor?: Yes, Barbarians can still rage while wearing medium armor, and they get proficiency in medium armor.
14. Can you cast in medium armor?: Yes, any character who is proficient with a particular type of armor can cast spells while wearing that type of armor with no penalty.
15. What happens if you wear medium armor without proficiency?: If you wear armor that you lack proficiency with, you have disadvantage on any ability check, saving throw, or attack roll that involves Strength or Dexterity, and you can’t cast spells.