01-19-2011, 05:00 PM | #11 |
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Re: LT Armor: Questions about costs
Certainly on the continent - India is a sub-continent but unless you're getting into sub continents it's counted as part of the Asian continent.
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01-19-2011, 05:08 PM | #12 |
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Re: LT Armor: Questions about costs
Turkery and Persia are considered part of Asia? I've always considered Asia and the Middle East separate regions.
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01-19-2011, 05:13 PM | #13 | |
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01-19-2011, 05:42 PM | #14 |
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Re: LT Armor: Questions about costs
I get a cost of $150 for a Light Breastplate, munitions grade, $375 for a Medium breastplate, munitions grade. A man who has a comfortable level of starting wealth(a typical man suitable for military duty), has $4000 in assets if he's not landed, or $2000 if he's only of "average" starting wealth at TL4. That seems to be sufficient to allow him a decent suit of armor(probably a breastplate, mail coat, espaulders, vambraces, tassets, bascinet and maybe greaves).
Remember that the lower classes didn't really go to war that often: they had to farm, and couldn't afford it. A lord rarely provides gear to these men, so they have to bring their own, and showing up in a decent harness is a good way to demand a higher wage, or atleast get the job. There are cheaper options, i suppose, but Mail with breastplate and some limb plates is going to keep you alive far more often against the heavier weaponry typically seen at TL4(warhammers, maces, picks, polearms, heavy crossbows...).
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01-19-2011, 06:05 PM | #16 |
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Re: LT Armor: Questions about costs
Normally considered part of Southeast Asia, though it's not on the continent. Turkey is part of the traditional definition of Asia, though that definition doesn't have much in the way of geographical logic.
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