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Flyndaran · 09-24-2017, 02:32 AM

Also looking at mail compared to scale gives me pause.
Looking at just the crushing DR, scale is a bit lighter and much cheaper.
Looking at just the impaling/cutting DR, scale is a bit heavier and cheaper.
But taking them together makes scale the more sensible option if you will ever face blunt weapons.

So we have mail as much better than segmented plate, and scale better than either. That disagrees quite a bit with historical armor progressions.

How has everyone that's used this article dealt with that?

09-24-2017, 02:32 AM	#6
Flyndaran Untagged Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon	Re: Segmented Plate - Low Tech II what am I missing? Also looking at mail compared to scale gives me pause. Looking at just the crushing DR, scale is a bit lighter and much cheaper. Looking at just the impaling/cutting DR, scale is a bit heavier and cheaper. But taking them together makes scale the more sensible option if you will ever face blunt weapons. So we have mail as much better than segmented plate, and scale better than either. That disagrees quite a bit with historical armor progressions. How has everyone that's used this article dealt with that? __________________ Beware, poor communication skills. No offense intended. If offended, it just means that I failed my writing skill check.