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Old 01-19-2011, 05:00 PM   #11
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Aren't all of those (except half of Russia) in Asia?
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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Old 01-19-2011, 05:08 PM   #12
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Turkery and Persia are considered part of Asia? I've always considered Asia and the Middle East separate regions.
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Old 01-19-2011, 05:13 PM   #13
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Turkery and Persia are considered part of Asia? I've always considered Asia and the Middle East separate regions.
Turkey and the Middle East (including most of the full extent of medieval Persia) are both on the Asian Continent (which is what I meant in this case by "Asia"). Honestly I can't think of anywhere that at least wasn't partially in Asia that used plated mail. I suppose I'm about to discover I'm completely wrong.
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Old 01-19-2011, 05:42 PM   #14
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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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Old 01-19-2011, 05:51 PM   #15
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Turkey and the Middle East (including most of the full extent of medieval Persia) are both on the Asian Continent (which is what I meant in this case by "Asia"). Honestly I can't think of anywhere that at least wasn't partially in Asia that used plated mail. I suppose I'm about to discover I'm completely wrong.
Philippines? There are surviving examples of Moro plated mail made of brass
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Old 01-19-2011, 06:05 PM   #16
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Philippines?
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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