[DF] Armor Cost and Low Tech

[Crakkerjakk]

In my DF games only dwarves make TL 4 armor. And charge through the nose for it for nondwarves.

[mhd]

Originally Posted by Crakkerjakk

In my DF games only dwarves make TL 4 armor. And charge through the nose for it for nondwarves.

And make it hard for you to get some decent cavalry armor?

In the fantasy game (only slightly DF) that I'm currently prepping I plan to include a dwarf-like race with a more Wagnerian mindset (instead of the usual honorable, proud Tolkien stuff). They keep the good stuff for themselves but sell mass-produced munitions armor to the longshanks. IMC this will probably be more akin to the Lorica Segmentata, but could easily be said about TL 4 plate, too.

This is based on a half-remembered factoid about plate being less labor-intensive than mail (something I have to research a bit more before starting play). For your own people, have something that lasts generations. Chain fits the part, as it's easy enough to repair and versatile to wear. Make it out of a proper material (depending on your campaign, either good steel, bronze or even "mithril").

The humans get cheap plate. Colored black, to make it look cooler for them and prevent rust from showing to early.

My dwarves are bastards.

[Anders]

Originally Posted by Bruno

I have the full list of revisions up on my wiki along with an Armor List with all that stuff already done for players.

Will you marry me?