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Old 05-01-2006, 06:59 AM   #230
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Default Re: [PURE THEORY] Low-Tech vs Fantasy-Tech

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Originally Posted by Professor Phobos
You're kidding, right?
No. The 4' tall guy has SM -1, the 7'6" guy SM +1. The short guy, even if he's broad like a dwarf, can reasonably expect his armour and clothes to weigh only about half as much as the tall guy's stuff.

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EDIT: Hell, folks, I don't even keep track of encumberance at all. Rules for that would be completely dead space to me. Maybe basic size guidelines if the rules were simple if it was absolutely necessary to scale armor (pixie vs. human, say), but I really, really don't care about finding the exact historical weight would be for a 5'5 knight's chainmail vs. a 5'6 knight's chainmail.
And I wouldn't expect a game to. 4" vs 7'6" is a wee bit different, though.

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I mean, common sense is a good enough judge for that. If a Pixie is wearing mail, it's wearing specially designed pixie-mail made by pixie blacksmiths, and did not purchase it at Ye Big and Tall Human Mail Emporiume.
But how much does it slow the pixie down? :)
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