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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 6262666" data-attributes="member: 92305"><p>Within the game, without house rules, it can be argued that Conan made the choice he did above because he was not proficient in Heavy Armor. The Mail Hauberk is Medium Armor, which Barbarians get as a free Feat at 1st level. Without proficiency with Heavy Armor (without having the Heavy Armor Feat), Conan would be subject to using the full Armor Check Penalty for Plate Armor on his attack rolls. That's a -6 penalty for the armor alone. Include the helm, and the penalty grows to -8 if the visor is down. That would clearly be enough for Conan to prefer the armor for which he has been trained to use, which is the Medium Armor Mail Hauberk.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The arguable question is if Conan has multi-classed with Soldier before the events of <strong>Black Colossus</strong>.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If you follow the traditional L. Sprague de Camp timeline (that is used with almost all pastiches and early Marvel comics, then Conan certainly has served as an irregular with the army of Turan (and, therefore, has probably multi-classed into Soldier). According to the stats for King Conan, listed in the back of The Road of Kings, Conan does gain two levels in Soldier (Barbarian 15/Soldier 2/ Thief 1).</p><p></p><p></p><p>Other timelines dispute whether Conan actually served as a Turanian Soldier. Stories of the mighty barbarian as part of Turan's host are all pastiche. None are written by Howard. And even if Conan were a part of Turan's force, it is clear that he was an irregular. Conan could have served time in the army but not taken levels in Soldier. The two Soldier levels he gains by the time he is king can easily be said were acquired during his time with Black Colossus--just shortly afterwards. Or, at sometime after the events of that story. Because, at the end of Black Colossus, Conan is still the general of Khoraja's forces. We don't really know how long Conan stayed in that kingdom, in that position, after the encounter with Natohk. Maybe he stayed there long enough to gain two levels in Soldier and learn Heavy Armor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 6262666, member: 92305"] Within the game, without house rules, it can be argued that Conan made the choice he did above because he was not proficient in Heavy Armor. The Mail Hauberk is Medium Armor, which Barbarians get as a free Feat at 1st level. Without proficiency with Heavy Armor (without having the Heavy Armor Feat), Conan would be subject to using the full Armor Check Penalty for Plate Armor on his attack rolls. That's a -6 penalty for the armor alone. Include the helm, and the penalty grows to -8 if the visor is down. That would clearly be enough for Conan to prefer the armor for which he has been trained to use, which is the Medium Armor Mail Hauberk. The arguable question is if Conan has multi-classed with Soldier before the events of [b]Black Colossus[/b]. If you follow the traditional L. Sprague de Camp timeline (that is used with almost all pastiches and early Marvel comics, then Conan certainly has served as an irregular with the army of Turan (and, therefore, has probably multi-classed into Soldier). According to the stats for King Conan, listed in the back of The Road of Kings, Conan does gain two levels in Soldier (Barbarian 15/Soldier 2/ Thief 1). Other timelines dispute whether Conan actually served as a Turanian Soldier. Stories of the mighty barbarian as part of Turan's host are all pastiche. None are written by Howard. And even if Conan were a part of Turan's force, it is clear that he was an irregular. Conan could have served time in the army but not taken levels in Soldier. The two Soldier levels he gains by the time he is king can easily be said were acquired during his time with Black Colossus--just shortly afterwards. Or, at sometime after the events of that story. Because, at the end of Black Colossus, Conan is still the general of Khoraja's forces. We don't really know how long Conan stayed in that kingdom, in that position, after the encounter with Natohk. Maybe he stayed there long enough to gain two levels in Soldier and learn Heavy Armor. [/QUOTE]
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