Low-Tech Armor with the Strength of Ten Men

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Originally Posted by ericthered

I bet you could, it you made the layers for exactly that purpose. Possibly considering the whole thing a single set of armor made with multiple layers. the engineering behind such a thing may be a unique though, which would really raise the price of this already ridiculous getup.

Layering plate armor over plate armor is historical, for example great helms were typically worn over bascinets.

What are the drawbacks of layering it though? I suppose density and thickness will eventually come into play, but you can get a few layers in the mean time.

That is probably a very bad idea. Mail snags against mail. You could maybe layer mail, then cloth, then mail, but that will run into thickness problems if the cloth layer is thick enough to matter, I think and you have the problem with unpredictable shifting of the layers, too. Also that is a lot of insulation, and super strength isn't immunity to heat stroke.