Nope, no AC penalty for heavy armor in 2´nd edition either.
With various proficieny rules you can be pretty hard to hit even without armor. With dual-wielding you have more attacks to use for blocking/parrying. This is not implemented in the computergames but in pnp you can direct an attack towads an enemy´s attack. If you hit some odd calculation (can´t remember) you have parried his blow. Hence more attacks - more parries!
In any case, Drizzt and Artemis are powerful in the books ´cause they are capable of parrying attacks. This is not how ad&d works, so they don´t translate too well to the game.
Silvanerian: Jeg sidder i centrum og drikker tuborg! Nej jeg er sgu blevet lidt for gammel (28) til pnp. Jeg var DM men jeg har ikke tid mere pga. studie og fuldtidsjob.
