[LT] Banded mail

Anders · 07-14-2011, 02:38 PM

According to Low-Tech (p.107), banded mail can only be made from light mail. Is there any special reason for this other than historical contingency?

DanHoward · 07-14-2011, 04:03 PM

Pretty much everything in Low-Tech is based on historical contingency. If you want to adapt the rules for fantasy games then go ahead.

Anthony · 07-14-2011, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Asta Kask

According to Low-Tech (p.107), banded mail can only be made from light mail. Is there any special reason for this other than historical contingency?

There's probably a reason the historical contingency worked out that way. Given how LT defines light, medium, and heavy mail, it's probably because the spaces in medium and heavy mail are smaller, and thus you can't thread as much through them.

RobKamm · 07-14-2011, 04:39 PM

I'd be very careful with this one. Yes, it is an artifact of historical contingency but there is also practicality involved. Heavier weaves of mail don't leave much room for bands of leather to be threaded through them -- and even if they do the flexibility of the armor disappears really fast (to the point where you can't bend it around a human body). I've got a 10g experiment that suffers from this problem.

07-14-2011, 02:38 PM	#1
Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	[LT] Banded mail According to Low-Tech (p.107), banded mail can only be made from light mail. Is there any special reason for this other than historical contingency? __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius

07-14-2011, 04:03 PM	#2
DanHoward Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Maitland, NSW, Australia	Re: [LT] Banded mail Pretty much everything in Low-Tech is based on historical contingency. If you want to adapt the rules for fantasy games then go ahead.

07-14-2011, 04:39 PM	#4
RobKamm Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicago	Re: [LT] Banded mail I'd be very careful with this one. Yes, it is an artifact of historical contingency but there is also practicality involved. Heavier weaves of mail don't leave much room for bands of leather to be threaded through them -- and even if they do the flexibility of the armor disappears really fast (to the point where you can't bend it around a human body). I've got a 10g experiment that suffers from this problem.