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Old 01-19-2011, 10:14 AM   #5
DemiBenson
 
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Default Re: LT Armor: Questions about costs

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Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth View Post
Light Brigandine is DR3, Fine Mail is DR4/2. I'd rather have the latter DR, usually.

Brigandine is clearly the 'superior' armor, in that it has better DR for its weight and higher cost than mail. It's got only very slightly different stats than Plate, in fact.

That usually means that it has worse DR for its cost, unsurprisingly.
Basically, the armoring system seems to work like this: if you have the money, you get the most expensive armor for your TL, because it's lighter or offers more protection.

With the caveat that I'm sure Dan Howard knows more about this than I...
It appears that in the age of plate armor, good armor was such a force multiplier that even common foot soldiers were issued some plate.
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