Merge npc_ac and ac Attributes on D&D 5e Character Sheets

The npc_ac attribute never factors in the NPC's dexterity. However, it does pull armor dragged from the compendium (without the DEX bonus). As there is already a master override-the-ac field on the new character sheets, npc_ac is redundant and should only exist for backwards compatibility.

Hi B3C4U5E,  Which D&D 5e character sheet? There are over a dozen of them. 

The new official one

That would probably be the D&D 5E by Roll20 2024 sheet, but a screen shot of the sheet you are referring to would help people be certain. There is no "official" or "standard" D&D character sheet.  People here will try to help, but with so many character sheets available you need to be specific.  B3C4U5E said: The new official one

Its not letting me post the image but yes, that looks about right.

B3C4U5E said: Its not letting me post the image but yes, that looks about right. Drag/drop the image from your computer, or click the image icon in the bar to upload an image. 

That is the D&D 5e 2024 by Roll20 sheet.  Regarding npc_ac, it probably is due to backwards compatibility. My guess is that much of the 2024 sheet was born out of the logic of the 2014 sheet. Additionally, people have macros, API Scripts, etc that will be looking for npc_ac.  Finally, of course npc_ac does not factor in the NPCs Dexterity. It would break things if it did. All of those 2014 creatures do not use Dexterity in their AC calculations. Why? Because WotC decided not to use calculations for NPCs. They "gave them whatever stats they wanted which may or may not line up with their ability scores".

My request/complains is more about compendium compatibility, so that if I were to say drag leather armor on to the npc sheet, it would automatically calculate the armor class using the dexterity modifier instead of using the flat 11 that it does currently.

B3C4U5E said: My request/complains is more about compendium compatibility, so that if I were to say drag leather armor on to the npc sheet, it would automatically calculate the armor class using the dexterity modifier instead of using the flat 11 that it does currently. Unfortunately that is a WotC problem, not a Roll20 problem. For the history of D&D 5e NPC armor class was not calculated. That is because of how WotC designed NPCs. They declared the AC, and it may or may not have matched any form of calculation that PCs use. You can find the rules for that in the D&D 5e 2014 DMG. (Not so sure about the 2024 DMG.) The D&D 5e 2014 character sheet did not calculate anything on the NPC sheet either.  NPCs are simply not universally constructed using calculations.