[Low-Tech]Question about silk horse armor

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by Anthony

CF is only a vague approximation. The CF modifier should really depend on location, silk was amazingly expensive in ancient Europe because it needed to be imported from China.

I had a little bit of cross-time arbitrage in Infinite Cabal. A full bolt of grey silk (100 yards by 60") was not cheap in 1960s Rome, but in Rome of 258, used as a tool for influencing Senator's wives, it made a huge difference.