Re: Is The trope that wizards can't use armor just an arbitrary limitation?
Can't speak to original D&D, but AD&D's first edition specified that metallic armors were incompatible with higher magics. They also claimed that mailed gauntlets would interfere with the subtle gestures needed to case spells.
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