Wear Armor - RULES CHANGE

[therru]

I know the % covered refers to physrep.

A tag that says 5 point leather chest.. well. it says "leather chest" -- that, to me, implies a breastplate or apron, but that's just my mental envisioning-- Regardless. It reads "leather chest" -- a leather piece that covers 20% of the body.

If I made a new character and showed up wearing 76% coverage of museum quality leather armor, I'd get tags for .. well, "full leather armor" if checkin was rushed, or "leather chest/back" "leather arm" "leather leg" "leather helmet", for some combination of values adding up to 6. I'd not just get a tag for "leather chest - 6" What I'm saying is that a 6 point leather chest can't exist. and neither can a 5.


Also, on the full plate thing.. it's not a matter of taking it apart, tim. it's a dozen different pieces, each with it's own buckle. just choose not to put on any parts below the waist.

[Tim]

Why can't 5 pt leather chest exist?

50% heavy leather coverage, with Larp quality, is a 5.

[therru]

Why can't 5 pt leather chest exist?

50% heavy leather coverage, with Larp quality, is a 5.

Because
Breast & Back Coverage 40%
That's Breast AND Back. You can't have more than 40%, which since the same website says "Leather, bone or other materials are considered Light" means that full chest and back coverage in leather gets you, at Real quality, 4 points of armor.
But.. the tag is "Leather chest" -- that's a breastplate or apron sort of thing. no back coverage. that's 20% coverage only.. max of 3 armor.

[therru]

(in lighter news, for my first year, I'd been carrying around a tag for Leather Chest 2 and was wondering where the hell I'd gotten a steamer trunk..)

[Tim]

I am now going to defer to Ben and Sanford, who are the armor enforcement guys.

[therru]

Well, if we're getting a Ben or Fud opinion, I'll make a few other armor question questions here that I'd like a take on.

"Armor made of metal is considered Heavy. Leather, bone or other materials are considered Light. The breastplate governs the rating of Heavy or Light. If you are not wearing a breastplate, all armor worn is considered Light." -- does this mean chainmail is both light and heavy at once (being metal but breastplate-less?) -also, does this mean that even if I'm wearing a full steel closed face helmet but no breastplate, it's at best a 2 point (leather-equivalent) piece, because it has to count as "light armor" ?

Does cuirboilli - essentially leather plate - really count as light? It's bulkier than chain, most times. what if I wore a cuirboilli breastplate?

Or is "breastplate" just a not very good term for "heavy armor covering the chest" ?

[Ben]

Well, if we're getting a Ben or Fud opinion, I'll make a few other armor question questions here that I'd like a take on.

"Armor made of metal is considered Heavy. Leather, bone or other materials are considered Light. The breastplate governs the rating of Heavy or Light. If you are not wearing a breastplate, all armor worn is considered Light."

-- does this mean chainmail is both light and heavy at once (being metal but breastplate-less?)

Does the chainmail cover your chest and metal? Then it is heavy.

-also, does this mean that even if I'm wearing a full steel closed face helmet but no breastplate, it's at best a 2 point (leather-equivalent) piece, because it has to count as "light armor" ?

Yes, that is exactly correct.

Does cuirboilli - essentially leather plate - really count as light? It's bulkier than chain, most times. what if I wore a cuirboilli breastplate?

That is a decision that is made when you do an armor check, and hence up to the discretion/whim of whomever is doing the armor check.

Any other armor questions, or have we explained things sufficiently?

-Ben

[therru]

Thanks, ben.

Sorry everyone, I woke up on the wrong side of the bed today, and my pissy-ranting self met my pedantic gamer self in ugly ways here.

[Krom]

I assume getting more stone armor would incorporate a combination of buying wear armor, getting a trainer in game, and adding more stoney bits?

[Tim]

I assume getting more stone armor would incorporate a combination of buying wear armor, getting a trainer in game, and adding more stoney bits?

Don't make assumptions.

But finding out from someone else in-game is a very good start.