Help with Character planning and optimization and tactics?

[Crakkerjakk]

Originally Posted by Gavinfoxx

So if I wanted a Cheap Heavy Mail as torso armor, and I wanted it to cover upper arms, and go down his legs a bit, and I wanted a pot helm with nasal and spectacles, and some sturdy gloves and boots, and maybe some kind of under armor padding, and then clothes.... how the heck would I price this out??

How would YOU guys price out 'basic Viking chain armor'??

Using Low Tech.

Basic Viking Mail Armor $1357, 32.21 lbs

Cheap Heavy Mail Hauberk with padding DR 4*, $792, 24.75 lbs.
Iron Pot Helm with Nasal and Spectacles with padding DR 4, $230, 2.96 lbs. (Give wearer No Peripheral Vision)
Boots DR2, $80, 2 lbs.
Gloves DR 1 v. Cutting $15, 0.5 lb. (Give wearer Bad Grip 1 and Ham Fisted 1)
Status 1 Ordinary Clothes $240, 2 lbs.

The hauberk covers the upper arms, shoulders, torso, groin, abdomen, and thighs. The Pot helm covers the skull and gives you a 2/6 chance of a face hit getting DR 3.

Personally I don't know if I'd allow cheap mail in this time period.