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Old 10-22-2011, 02:45 PM   #11
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If it consists of narrow plates joined together so that they can flex a little then it is segmented plate. Most foot armour would be segmented rather than solid plate. Same with abdomen armour. Gauntlets could be either: GURPS doesn't separate out fingers and hands. With a gauntlet the fingers were segmented but the hand itself was often solid but some examples are segmented all the way to the wrist.

Lorica segmentata is a crude verson of segmented plate for the torso. Late medieval "anima" armour is a more advanced version.
http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=17839

There is no "chain" armour in Low-Tech

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Old 10-22-2011, 03:42 PM   #12
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Lorica segmentata is a crude verson of segmented plate for the torso. Late medieval "anima" armour is a more advanced version.
http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=17839
Even tought the stats are the same.

In my games, I changed to Early Plate and Plate, so, Plate made at TL3- is early plate, and plate made at TL4+ is plate.

This way, a player can have Anima armor if he wants, the weight and cost is the same.
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Old 10-22-2011, 03:58 PM   #13
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Even tought the stats are the same.

In my games, I changed to Early Plate and Plate, so, Plate made at TL3- is early plate, and plate made at TL4+ is plate.

This way, a player can have Anima armor if he wants, the weight and cost is the same.
Remember that Lorica Segmentata is cheap segmented plate.
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Old 10-22-2011, 04:32 PM   #14
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Remember that Lorica Segmentata is cheap segmented plate.
Only munitions-grade lorica segmentata—or at least, that's the impression I got from Low-Tech. Seem like nothing should be preventing a well-to-do Roman from getting a better-fitted harness.
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Old 10-22-2011, 05:34 PM   #15
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They could but it doesn't seem like they did. There isn't a single depiction anywhere of a Roman officer wearing segmentata. If they had the means then they wear mail or scale or a breastplate.
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Old 10-22-2011, 06:01 PM   #16
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They could but it doesn't seem like they did. There isn't a single depiction anywhere of a Roman officer wearing segmentata. If they had the means then they wear mail or scale or a breastplate.
Probably because hamata is best than segmentata, the advantage of segmentata is how easy it is to produce.
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