Geron Raveneye
Explorer
You know that different types of armor are in the game so people who want to, for example, play in the early Crusades, or in the times of Karl the Great, have a range of armors available from which to tailor the choices of armor in that specific setting, right? One of the strengths of D&D is still that you can ditch most of the high-magic stuff along with the too-fantastical monsters, and simply play in some pseudo-medieval setting where 5th level fighters slay beastmen, unbelievers and rescue fair damsels from dragons, and never see anything better than a full chain mail as armor.