Pectorals

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Originally Posted by DanHoward

I would not permit the vitals to be targeted from the front without the attacker contending with the DR of the plate unless you apply the "chinks in armour" rule and have a -8 penalty (half DR).

I thought of that. And I'll defer to your expertise. I used the house rule I did because my source, Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome (Adkins 1994), said the pectorale was an 8 in. square. That struck me as pretty easy to stab around. My rule basically amounted to a -2 making it as hard to stab around the square as strike the neck or face.