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Blue: Fantastic options, often essential.Red: Bad, useless options, or options whichĪre extremely situational.RPGBOT uses the color coding scheme which has become common among Pathfinder build handbooks, which is simple to understand and easy to read at a glance. Tortle Classes (Classic Rules) Disclaimer.Tortle Classes (Customizable Origins and MMoM).+something to your AC all increase whichever AC calculation you’re usingīecause they are bonuses rather than new AC calculations. Shield, the Shield spell, Shield of Faith, and other things which add Separate AC calculations like mage armor, manufactured armor, and If you’re using the custom origin rules or the updated version of the Tortle published in Mordenkainen’s Monsters of the Multiverse, your ability score options and the Tortle’s additional skill proficiency are both much more flexible.Īs a reminder: When your character has multiple options for calculating theirĪC, you choose only one, typically whichever gives you the highest You get some other goodies (claws, Hold Breath, Survival proficiency, Shell Defense), but most people want to play a tortle either because they like turtles or they want the fixed AC. Strength and Wisdom increases are a fine combination, and a fixed AC of 17 means that you match the AC of light or medium armor without any investment in Dexterity. Mechanically, the Tortle has a lot going for it. While DnD has had plenty of animal-like races, this may have been the first official turtle-inspired race, and as you might expect their introduction inspired a legion of teenage mutant ninja jokes.

They appeared in a few lesser-known sources across 2nd and 3rd addition, and returned in 5e’s Tortle Package ( affiliate link ), published as part of WotC’s annual Extra Life charity drive in 2017.

Tortles first appeared in DnD lore in TSR’s module X9: The Savage Coast, released in 1985.

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