Stone-Weapon Armor-Divisors and Blunt Trauma

[Ulzgoroth]

I suggest looking at things a little differently.

Yes, stone-edged weapons aren't going to be very good at punching through that sort of armor.

But that's not what they're really for, anyway. They're for doing horrendous damage to targets without heavy armor, or preferably without any armor

The heavy armor is quite serious protection by any standard. Even a round mace doesn't deal with it well. However, it is rigid armor, which means that it has gaps for a spearman to target, and that it can't realistically cover some areas. More importantly, though, it's expensive armor for elites (not sure how expensive, because I can't price the silk padding). It should provide pretty good protection.

The cheap armor is actually light enough I'm not sure it's a problem. A spear, wielded with two hands, puts 1d-2 imp through that stuff. That's not too bad compared against a round mace, which delivers 1d+1 cr after armor, but is unbalanced and only has reach 1. It's more of a problem for the axe. The axeman is going to regret his weapon choice unless he can aim for hit locations that lack protection. The neck is surely open at that TL, and limbs might be as well on partial armor.

The good armor is more of a problem. It stops a stone axe or spear (even a heavy spear) pretty much dead, and it's flexible so they can't count on going around it. Other than costing at least starting wealth per 100% coverage, it's short on weaknesses. All I can suggest there is beating them with a stick until they leak out of their armor. On the bright side, a spear does double as a big stick...