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Old Armor Class is no longer used to determine hit chance. Instead:

  • 1 AC = 1% damage reduction (rounded down).
  • AC is split into:
    • Physical AC
      • Blunt, Slash, Pierce
    • Elemental AC
      • Fire, Ice, Lightning, Force, Necrotic, Gas, Holy, B

Example:
If a target has 20 Slash AC, incoming slash damage is reduced by 20%.

Damage is reduced after all other modifiers (crits, posture effects, etc.).