[RPG] Mage Armor with Defense fighting style (for Adventurers League bladesinger)

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The Defense fighting style says:

While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.

Can use still use this if your mage armor AC is overriding your armor's AC because you are still wearing the armor?

With this, a bladesinger could easily have an AC of 20 at level three:

10
+3 Dex
+3 Int from Bladesong
+3 (for a base of 13) from mage armor
+1 Defense fighting style. (Armor Ac Is overruled by mage armor).

Is this combo AL legal?

Best Answer

You can't have Mage Armor and armor on at the same time

Mage Armor says:

You touch a willing creature who isn't wearing armor [...] The spell ends if the target dons armor [...]

So there is no way to have Mage Armor active while wearing armor. Since the defense fighting style only benefits you while wearing armor, it is likewise incompatible with Mage Armor.

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