Talk:Armor Class/@comment-68.230.13.84-20180918171623

Quote from above:

--- If an armor is equipped on the creature, the AC number in that line will be changed to the armor's,but only if armor's AC is better than the creature's effective AC value can the current AC be truly set to the armor's. ---

This is confusing. In the game, Placing chain mail with 4ac on a character with no armor (10ac) brings his displayed armor down to 4ac... is this article saying that 4 is not truly the effective AC, dispite being displayed as such?