User blog comment:Paarthurnaux/Alteration?????/@comment-3202167-20120916174736/@comment-3202167-20120919145844

Clothes as armor could easily be made to hit 576 armor rating. Meaning it is not really useful.

Really, the defense Dragonskin gives you, you can easily achieve without Alteration.

Now, if the ONLY way to get the highest rating was through Alteration, that's different.