[Low-Tech] Armor Suits v2

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by Landwalker

Out of curiosity, considering how many options you offered for "plate and mail," I'm curious as to why you never used the actual mail and plates armor option from LT.

"Mail and plates" in LT is for a type of armor very different from what he's writing up. It's mail armor with (small) plates incorporated into it in places. Generally seen in Asia. Not the simple layering of plate armor over mail.

Originally Posted by Polydamas

I don't really understand where Segmented Plate becomes Plate, since Plate can be articulated. For example, do gauntlets have to be segmented? But hand armour needs to be as light as possible, and Segmented Plate is twice as heavy as Plate.

Originally Posted by Landwalker

I don't see why articulated plate couldn't cover the abdomen. It isn't like a "one-torso unit" of medium plate is a single piece of rigid metal, after all. Same goes for plate gloves / gauntlets—doesn't seem to be any reason you would have to restrict it to segmented plate (although I might agree that the heavier variations of plate would probably be too thick to accommodate a sufficiently find level of articulation for fingered gauntlets. Best stick to mitts in that case).

My impression is that you're not actually supposed to use the Plate stats for anything that requires extensive articulation. A breastplate covering the chest can be just one piece of metal. Below the ribcage, you need a great deal of flexibility, so stat as segmented plate.

Limbs are much simpler. Even the joints are quite limited. It might be appropriate to use segmented plate on the elbows and knees, but maybe that's unnecessary.

Hands are of course terribly complicated and extremely flexible...