Pyramid #3/52: Low-Tech II

[scc]

Dan, here's the thread: http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=119010

So for Mail to be non-flexible at must have at least DR6?

[DanHoward]

Originally Posted by scc

Dan, here's the thread: http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=119010

So for Mail to be non-flexible at must have at least DR6?

The DR is irrelevant. Mail is inflexible if the weave is dense enough. I have butted mail made from 0.8mm wire and 4mm links that can't flex. It would probably be DR2 or DR3. Why do you need inflexible mail? The main place it was used historically was in collars to protect the neck.

[scc]

It's more that I'm asking at what point it becomes inflexible, you can only have one layer of inflexible armor if you start layering, so knowing the limits of that is useful

[DanHoward]

Scale and lamellar can be made rigid just by adjusting the lacing. It wouldn't affect the DR at all.

[Anders]

Originally Posted by Bruno

Some can be pretty dang fishy (but with a totally non-fish meat texture) while others seem to be more like a game mammal (but with a decidedly non-mammalian meat texture). I have no idea what the second type are fed.

"Come here, mr Bond, and see my pets. They are quite unusual..."

[Varyon]

Originally Posted by scc

OK, got a problem with the armor stuff. In another thread someone says that they e-mailed the author about mail and scale being flexible, the response they got back was that those armor types should be if they had less then 25% of the DR/inch value for the material, if they do there's a problem.

That rule is really just saying "It's flexible so long as it's a quarter-inch thick or less." Of course, Dan's comments indicate you can easily have mail and scale that is thinner than this yet still rigid, so I'd further interpret that as "It can be flexible..."
Of course, 25% may be a bit too high. Notably, there isn't a single armor material that can be made into mail where 25% is actually less than the maximum DR (metals tend to hover around maximum DR of 20% DR/Inch). There are some options with scale, but with the possible exception of adamant those aren't that great of armor materials to start with.