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Armour; Fantasy vs Reality


Lachdonin

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I generally find skimpy armour ludicrous, to downright offensive.

 

Yeah.... except it's neither ludicrous nor offensive. It's LORE-FRIENDLY.

 

http://i.imgur.com/qsulusU.jpg

Yeah... Except the cover art for Arena had no bearing on the armour design in-game (asside from a few pieces of cloth designed for mage characters) and pre-dates the solidification of any internal rules for the setting.

 

And, again, skimpy armour IS NOT EVEN REMOTELY THE POINT.

 

 

but there remains no justification for the use of Fur

 

http://i.imgur.com/deMQ66m.jpg

As ARMOUR. Of course it's good for insulation, but it offers no noteworthy protection. Layered canvas would be more protective than that, though admittedly not nearly as warm.

 

 

I am not talking about motifs, skimpy armour, spikey protrusions, Mail thongs or anything else. I am talking about styles and techniques of armouring that exist ONLY as Fantasy RPG Tropes and do not actually work, either in the real world or within the logic of the setting.

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