However, it isn't played completely straight as the bonuses to Fortitude Defense from armor do stack and with the right talents, you can get them to stack with the Reflex Defense as well. At higher levels, it's better to go into a fight naked, rather than wearing the heaviest protection you can find. In the Saga Edition, characters gain bonuses to their Reflex Defense (the defense that keeps blaster bolts hitting you) from armor or a level-based bonus, and they don't stack. This could be designed to reflect the stormtrooper armor's uselessness. So for most of a battle, all most armor did was provide a situation bonus to one ability and an armor check penalty to certain skills.yay? It also denied you your class-based AC and limited your max Dex Bonus.
It provided damage reduction only when you were out of vitality points or against a critical hit, when damage went to wound points.
The game contained examples of following tropes:
