Re: [Low Tech]Cost of armour and TL
 

Not without magic.

Re: [Low Tech]Cost of armour and TL
 

Fantasy Tech 1 has aluminum bronze, which gives the same result, though. It's also nicely corrosion resistant.

Re: [Low Tech]Cost of armour and TL
 

Most copper alloys are corrosion resistant.

Re: [Low Tech]Cost of armour and TL
 

But how long would they last on an aquatic race?
Also, should coral armor count as bone, or horn?

Re: [Low Tech]Cost of armour and TL
 

Ok, thanks!

And as for Aluminium Bronze, well, remember that Fantasy Tech also includes Azzalum, and I don't see anything forbidding hardened Azzalum ;)

Re: [Low Tech]Cost of armour and TL
 

Copper alloys are popular in marine environments because of their corrosion resistance. It should last at least as long as iron does on land.
Live coral might be tough enough to be treated as horn. Dead coral is brittle like bone. Note that bone should be ablative, not semi-ablative. Might it be possible for an aquatic race to make armor by growing live coral on an armor-shaped framework? It would even repair itself (though not quickly).

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Yeah, but in my case I'm not obsessed with bronze because of TL concerns. I just have Elves who prefer not to wear ferrous metal. Azzalum sounds like something the elite Elf-hating Orc warriors might want to have their swords made of, though :)

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Nice. I would never have guessed that.

Hee. Like some crabs that use living sea anemones like boxing gloves, and living coral as camouflage.
I love that idea, and it makes for interesting background.
But coral needs to be within photosynthesis distance to survive. That may keep them from fighting creatures from the twilight depths. Nice division of troop type though.

Re: [Low Tech]Cost of armour and TL
 

LT Companion 2 has a box about spiked armour. Those rules should apply here also.

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I don't have them at the moment, but didn't you include spiked armor in one of your articles? If so, then are those in LTC 2 that much different? I'm not asking for details, of course.