08-21-2012, 12:58 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Apr 2008
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[LT] Silk Armor
So, armor can be made out of silk, but can clothes? Would a normal silk shirt still give the benefits of silk armor or would it be too thin? I saw something in another thread that silk armor would not be much differant then a normal shirt anyway, so would silk armor count for layering penalties? Specifically, I have a half elf knight that wants a silk tunic layered over a heavy mail hauberk. (This should sound familier to any video gamers here...)
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08-21-2012, 01:32 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Sep 2008
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Re: [LT] Silk Armor
Under would be fine. Over would only work with a specially tailored piece of silk armor and a specially tailored hauberk, and probably give reduced DR because from my humble understanding part of what makes mail work is being free to flex to take up some of the energy, but I'll gladly defer to the grognards on that point.
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08-21-2012, 02:17 PM | #3 | |
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Re: [LT] Silk Armor
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Of course clothing can be made out of silk. Just figure out what Status all silk clothing would be appropriate for and use the clothing prices for that status level as a guideline.
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08-21-2012, 04:50 PM | #4 |
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Re: [LT] Silk Armor
Nothing stopping you putting a purely cosmetic layer {no extra D.R. or effect but no penalty either} of silk over the armour and the thicker silk padding {that grants better protection} under the mail where it belongs .
That is basically what a Jazerant was historically only usually with different cloth {velvet was a stylish outer layer choice for example} .
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