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Capo Ferro="Iron Head," I think. Good at emulating medieval Europe or not, staying true to D&D's medieval-esque fantasy roots is one of the stated design goals of 4th Edition, per the "Races & Classes" preview. To me, that sounds like Asian-style monks, etc. will take a back seat to armoured...

Where did I say that my interests were better objectively? Review my first post in this thread; I think I was very up front about the opinons expressed in my post being my own personal subjective prejudices with words and phrases like "seem" and "my feelings."

I don't know what Saint Seiya is (and a quick google image search tells me that I don't really want to know...); I took the name from an '80s hair-metal band. I am an enthusiast of both European armour and Church history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armored_Saint I'm sorry--and a little...

I did play Final Fantasy VII all the way through, and I remember being monumentally disappointed with the ending. What an unsatisfying end to all my hours of labor spent breeding chocobos, defeating Weapons, etc. I sucked the marrow out of that game and it left me feeling empty. I've never...

In many cases, I don't think these kids (and it is almost without exception, kids) have really been exposed to Western Fantasy. At most, they've seen the Lord of the Rings movies. I encounter few of them who've read the original works of Howard and others. Far from having Western Fantasy...

It sounds like you and I are very nearly the same age. Yet my feelings about anime are just the opposite of yours. I had a brief infatuation with all things Japanese--even spending three years learning the language in college and visiting the country, and watching all the anime I could get my...

In the gallery Khuxan posted, I note just as many pictures of women in positions of power (commanding/riding/summoning monsters, etc.) as pictures of women being saved by muscular men. I don't think there's all that much "inequality" going on in that artwork as Khuxan thinks there is.

Yeah, anything else you can tell us about armour in 4th edition would be welcome...

The only thing I can think of that would make me not buy it would be if they screw armour over completely. I want to see armour remain effective all the way up until level 30.

Considering that I wear this armour weekly in SCA combat with rattan sticks (some of which can get quite big and heavy), I'd say it mitigates damage from blunt instruments very well indeed. I almost never get bruised, and in twelve years of SCA combat, have only been injured in it once (broken...

The question wasn't rhetorical; I genuinely want to know when/where it started. Which work of fantasy literature first presented us with the "modern" druid? Did dungeons and Dragons invent it? Or were the first D&D druids made in imitation of some other author's work? I'm not trying to...

The thing that intrigues me most about armour in 4th edition is the possibility that some types of armour might add to your Fortitude defense, as in Star Wars Saga Edition.

Exactly where does the druid of modern fantasy fiction, with his eco-terrorist outlook and anti-metal crusade come from? What is the ultimate origin of this genre trope? When did the druid stop being a member of the Gallic priestly class, and turn into some sort of neo-Transcendentalist, "Gaea...

I don't know how much this actually adds to the discussion, but regarding my own endurance in my full plate.... The longest stretch I've ever worn it was eight hours, which time included four combat demos at a Renaissance festival. It's not uncomfortable unless the day is particularly hot. I...

Yes, I am wearing a padded arming doublet and the bits of mail (skirt, voyders/gussets, and standard) that lace on to cover the gaps that the plate can't cover (armpits, groin, etc). Wearing a full set of mail underneath plate was simply not done at this stage in the development of armour...

Since I am the guy in that video, what do you want to know about the armour's authenticity? I commissioned it as a copy of a late 15th century Italian harness (#B3) from the monastery of Santa Maria della Grazie, and now exhibited in the Ducal Palace in Mantova. IMO, the armourer (who is quite...

Armour adding to Fortitude Defense!

I want to see the old 1st edition rule that allowed field and full plate armours to reduce damage by 1 and 2 points respectively per die of damage rolled. That was awesome.

...which has what to do with art in 4th edition D&D?

But they do. It is bizarre to claim that they don't. They resemble each other not in appearance, but in structure and function. Both have a cuirass, both have an articulated fauld and pauldrons that are put together in a similar fashion. Most armour in D&D illustrations has none of those...