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Originally Posted by Nereidalbel
TL4 steel is also higher quality than TL3. So, it's from more advanced forges, more so than just smiths knowing how to shape it.
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Well the Romans (TL2)
could have made plate armor but it didn't fit within their culture's way of fighting so they didn't. Of course it would have still been made of TL2 metals using TL2 methods.
One matter you have to determine is how common is magic and what magic is available as this will form the framework regarding TL4 armor. One way to keep TL4 rare is that it is really TL(3+1) armor which uses Shape Metal.
Shape Metal is a Tech spell meaning it is at -5 for a TL3 person to make TL(3+1) armor and requires Magery 1 to even learn.