Type: General
Source: Cityscape
You have learned to use new techniques and modifications to your armor to increase its protective ability.
Prerequisite: Heavy armor proficiency.
Benefit: When you wear light or medium armor, you gain 1 more point of armor bonus to your AC than that armor normally provides. For example, a suit of studded leather would have a +4 armor bonus rather than 3. However, because you must adjust and customize the armor to more effectively cover weak spots, it is also slightly more encumbering, increasing its armor check penalty by 1.
You are not required to make use of this feat. You decide when donning the armor whether you wish to don it normally, or with this feat in effect.
Special: A fighter can select this feat as one of his bonus feats.