In E6, the d20 remains relevant in the vast majority of cases. You don't end up with wildly disparate opposed checks where it's impossible for one person to win, for example.
The defender would need to ready an action, then I'd have him make a Reflex save to see if he reacts quickly enough. If he succeeds, he can make a ranged touch attack to interpose the plate vs AC = 10 + 8 size (fine) + caster's modifier.
In my games, elves mature at the same rate as humans, and the women can have children during the same age range. After that, they just live for a really long time.
-blarg
Murdering people for money? That's an evil act in my books. If the PCs are hired as hitmen and follow through, their alignment goes south for the winter.
Final one for today. I used the last of my clips to make a staircase, a switchback staircase, and a ladder. My wife kept asking how she'd get to the top.
It's a 170' tall pagoda with five layers of differing heights. They can be separated off individually. Now that I think about it, it kind of looks like a collection of buildings when laid out like I did in the second picture.