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Ok, just so I clear it up in my mind, how exactly does AC work when using multiple items of AC enhancement and so far. I was hearing something about an amulet of natural armor can be worn with a ring of protection, but not another natural armor. Is this right?

It's pretty straightforward.

If you have more than one magic item equipped which adds the same type of bonus to your AC, they don't stack; rather, the item with the largest bonus will be used.
e.g. You wear Chain Mail +2 (Armour bonus) and Bracers of Defense +1 (Armour bonus). You will receive the bonus only from the Chain Mail.

If you have more than one magic item equipped which adds a different type of bonus to your AC, they do stack.
e.g. You wear a Ring of Protection +1 (Deflection bonus) and an Amulet of Natural Armour +2 (Natural bonus). You will receive the bonus from both items.



Edit to add -
This means it's possible to get a very high armour rating from different sources. My Cleric finished the game with ...

+4 Armour bonus (from splint mail)
+3 Shield bonus (from a shield, funnily enough)
+5 Natural bonus (from an amulet)
+3 Deflection bonus (from a cloak)
+3 Dodge bonus (from boots)

Anyone know if there's any other types of armour bonus btw?

Straight from the manual (pg 114):

"Modifier Range: -5 to +5"

"There are five types of AC bonus in NWN: armor enhancement, shield enhancement, dodge, natural, and deflection. Only dodge bonuses can stack, up to a maximum of +%. For all other types of bonus, the single highest modifier is applied."

So the way to tell is by looking at the items/spells/etc (they tell you which type of AC bonus they give).

Straight from the manual

Yes, umm, RTFM, always a good place to start.
I don't know which version of the manual you've got, but my P114 has Cleric spells.

and a last bonus: haste gives you +4 to AC, i got these nice boots of speed (overpowered)...