fireinthedust
Explorer
I got a link to this neat demonstration of plate armour mobility and combat that I can see as good information for anyone here. This is what your plate armour fighters can expect to do in full plate: climb up and down ladders, roll around, dance a jig, click their heels! As a bonus feature, note they're on stone floors, the standard dungeon building material.
However, Plate actually is *that* noisy. It can stop a sword blow to the torso, but you're going to make as much noise as someone with piles of pots & pans strapped to them would make.
Does this mean Warforged really shouldn't be able to use stealth? Considering they're walking suits of armour, maybe not.
Also, given the mobility, I could see allowing some kind of training for mages to cast spells in armour. Gauntlets might block finger movements (unless they're designed as metal mittens), or metal might inhibit spells, but otherwise I could see it being at least possible in theory.
[video=youtube;5hlIUrd7d1Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5hlIUrd7d1Q[/video]
However, Plate actually is *that* noisy. It can stop a sword blow to the torso, but you're going to make as much noise as someone with piles of pots & pans strapped to them would make.
Does this mean Warforged really shouldn't be able to use stealth? Considering they're walking suits of armour, maybe not.
Also, given the mobility, I could see allowing some kind of training for mages to cast spells in armour. Gauntlets might block finger movements (unless they're designed as metal mittens), or metal might inhibit spells, but otherwise I could see it being at least possible in theory.
[video=youtube;5hlIUrd7d1Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5hlIUrd7d1Q[/video]