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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7693658" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>For what it is worth, one thing I found helpful, is to refer to the torso armor as ‘armor’, and then refer to total body coverage as a ‘suit’.</p><p></p><p>So, ‘platemail armor’ is the breastplate only. But a ‘platemail suit’ is the full plate armor - total body encasement in metal.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, ‘chainmail armor’ means a chain tunic, but a ‘chainmail suit’ is total body coverage in chain, including the longsleeves, longcoat or chain pants, coif or aventail, plus a metal helmet (or a ‘crown’ under the coif), and usually reinforced leather boots and gauntlets. Chainmail normally additionally has padded (or wool cloth) armor underneath.</p><p></p><p>Likewise, ‘leather armor’ is torso armor made of boiled hard leather, whether it resembles the breastplate as a single piece or the scalemail as many pieces held together. The ‘leather suit’, includes a modicum of protection for arms and legs, plus boots and gauntless, and normally a metal helmet.</p><p></p><p>And so on.</p><p></p><p>Using the terms ‘armor’ versus ‘suit’ has become second nature, keeps things simple and clear, and is especially convenient when comparing very different kinds of armoring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 7693658, member: 58172"] For what it is worth, one thing I found helpful, is to refer to the torso armor as ‘armor’, and then refer to total body coverage as a ‘suit’. So, ‘platemail armor’ is the breastplate only. But a ‘platemail suit’ is the full plate armor - total body encasement in metal. Meanwhile, ‘chainmail armor’ means a chain tunic, but a ‘chainmail suit’ is total body coverage in chain, including the longsleeves, longcoat or chain pants, coif or aventail, plus a metal helmet (or a ‘crown’ under the coif), and usually reinforced leather boots and gauntlets. Chainmail normally additionally has padded (or wool cloth) armor underneath. Likewise, ‘leather armor’ is torso armor made of boiled hard leather, whether it resembles the breastplate as a single piece or the scalemail as many pieces held together. The ‘leather suit’, includes a modicum of protection for arms and legs, plus boots and gauntless, and normally a metal helmet. And so on. Using the terms ‘armor’ versus ‘suit’ has become second nature, keeps things simple and clear, and is especially convenient when comparing very different kinds of armoring. [/QUOTE]
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