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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Switchblade" data-source="post: 4519140" data-attributes="member: 56246">Your first pt.Armour on dex.  It does make a difference but not neccesarily dirrectly.  Most "dodging" is just stepping back out of a swing or a sidestep around a thrust so as long as the legs are mobile armour wouldn't make too much difference.  I found the first time I fought in mail down to below my knees weighing 1/3 my body weight it didn't impede my footwork as I was just as agile as before.  However...  I tired a LOT quicker and that slowed me down in the long run.  Someone with a bit more strenght and stamina than me (practically everyone) would suffer less.  I've never fought in full harness though I guess that would make someone a little less agile.TBH though while fatigue rules may be more realistic an abstract dex cap is a lot more game friendly.  Prehapse cap dex at lower of strenght or stamina with heavy armours instead of a fixed dex cap might be an easy compromise. Your second pointA mail hauberk with coif covers you head to knees and elbows.  With some mail mittens, gauntlets and so on and a great helm you can get near total coverage.  (Kiss good bye to peripheral vision though).  The heavier armours (harness) tended to be rather comprehensive, go to a musium and look at the plate and just try and find an unarmoured spot. Good luck.  They have weaker spots but even they are well armoured and asking someone to hold their arm above their head so you can go for the armpit in a fight is going be tricky.  I wouldn't allow an attack to avoid more than 1/2 the DR unless they are able to slip a dirk through the eyeslot of a prone foe.  Something like allow coup de grace to ignore DR from armour if using a piercing weapon. Re states of defender, hitting someone who isn't parrying or stepping back away from your weapon is pathetically easy, you practically have to try to miss.Inert should be an auto hit, mobile would help but is still very easy to hit.  Only when they are fighting back or have something to parry with does landing a blow get tricky and require skill.  I think these 3 states cover all eventualities though. Weapons and AC:  I'd say having a weapon and the skill to use it would make up the lions share of the total AC.  If you are up against someone who can't strike back and can concentrate entirely on offence hitting them becomes trivial.  Against someone who is weilding a quaterstaff, knows how to use it and is making you keep your guard up they are very difficult.  A good example is Ars magica, it has (had?  I'm behind editions) the deffense score based on:Weaon skill (where 4 is a good skill and 6 is outstandling)+weapon defense bonus (0 for a dagger up to 6 for a stave)+dex - weight penalties.Some AC based on your total attack bonus of the weapon you are wielding, with some weapons having defence bonuses/penalties. Shields:  Yup, they make you MASSIVELY harder to hit.  Yup, skill does make a difference.  Knowing how to brace a shield, when to keep it in against your body or with arm at full extension (the advantage of a centre boss grip over arm straps) and how to keep your guard up while attacking helps get the most out of it.  Against range attacks, pretty good, should give same bonus to ranged as melee. AC types:Yup, this should cover it.</blockquote>

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