Since VT was annoying me greatly, I decided to create a new toon, and to try something special.

I removed all but 2 items gloves, and boots. and the enchants (for magicka and hp regen).

So here I am, virtually naked (less than 100 armor value) and unarmed.

What I found disturbed me greatly. So far, at L14, I seem to not die very often, if at all.

I'm actually able to solo some dungeons, and open world boss (not all of them though). Granted, it is only L14, but I expected to die a lot, and have a hard time.

It was originally a bet with a friend, to see how far I'd go, we did not expect to be able to do anything past L10 or so.

I'm continuing this experiment, to see how far it will work and remain a viable playstyle.

I picked a Breton Templar. I'm using the fairly typical setup, the cone lance attack, the multiple fireballs, with the fireball thrown from upward as an opening attack. I do not have any weapons, or armor to speak off (I only kept heavy on shoes, and medium on gloves for grinding the armor levels in case I need it and get attached to the toon ^_^). On 4th skill, I picked the basic first healing skill, which I rarely need to use, unless I'm taking on 4 or 5 mobs, or an elite boss. As the ultimate, I picked nova, I forgot which morph I picked for it, since I rarely use it. On the 5th slot, I had soul trap until recently, I replaced it with blood altar to be used for dolmens.

I rarely use the lance attacks, since It consumes too much mana for my liking, I do use it as a finisher if the fight gets a bit tight though.

What I'd like to know, although I'm truly enjoying fighting half naked and bare handed, is this supposed to work and be a viable build? I do take hits from multiple targets quite often, but my HP does not seem to be destroyed like my light armor wearing mage, is there some sort of unexpected combination /invisible passive for Templars/Breton? They do seem extremely resilient naturally.