[LT] Leather (& Textile) weight issues and Scaling to size.

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by DanHoward

The above list is resistance against points, which is all that really mattered historically. The most common threat in any battle by a long margin was from spears and arrows.

PCs would still be pretty dumb to not keep at least one blunt weapon for all those mail wearers. The handicap is too severe for it not to have been commonly known.