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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Wilder" data-source="post: 4150610" data-attributes="member: 5122">Not really, no.&nbsp; He wore armor for war, and when wearing armor was part of a given gig.&nbsp; There's at least one example of him complaining about being required to wear armor when he was serving as a mercenary.&nbsp; But all that's irrelevant, really ... when Conan was adventuring, he went without armor.&nbsp; And the chick in question is an adventurer, right?&nbsp; (BTW, I haven't read REH, just the very faithful Dark Horse adaptations.)Oh, and back to the main point: I tend to like WAR's art, and I'm glad there's a backstory attempt to explain the gigantic sword, but I still find it distracting (and thus detracting from a piece I'd otherwise like a lot).&nbsp; At least it's not fundamentally silly from a rules perspective, as it could have been ... she's gaining 3.5 points of damage at either the cost of a feat (Monkeygrip) or at the cost of -2 to attacks.&nbsp; The latter is slightly worse (Power Attack with a Medium greatsword at -2 would give her +4 damage), but that's handwaveable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeff Wilder, post: 4150610, member: 5122"] Not really, no. He wore armor for war, and when wearing armor was part of a given gig. There's at least one example of him complaining about being required to wear armor when he was serving as a mercenary. But all that's irrelevant, really ... when Conan was [i]adventuring[/i], he went without armor. And the chick in question is an adventurer, right? (BTW, I haven't read REH, just the very faithful Dark Horse adaptations.) Oh, and back to the main point: I tend to like WAR's art, and I'm glad there's a backstory attempt to explain the gigantic sword, but I still find it distracting (and thus detracting from a piece I'd otherwise like a lot). At least it's not fundamentally silly from a rules perspective, as it could have been ... she's gaining 3.5 points of damage at either the cost of a feat (Monkeygrip) or at the cost of -2 to attacks. The latter is slightly worse (Power Attack with a Medium greatsword at -2 would give her +4 damage), but that's handwaveable. [/QUOTE]

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