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<blockquote data-quote="Wolffenjugend" data-source="post: 1308278" data-attributes="member: 11069">Ummm, 3E (and 3.5E) armour is designed based on historical armour - not the other way around. I guess you missed that. D&amp;D didn't make the types of armour up so that every class would have a suit tailored to its needs. D&amp;D tried to provide statistics for some of the most common armours found throughout the world. D&amp;D armour does not, and SHOULD not, be treated as a means of equalizing classes.Of course some armour are more &quot;optimal&quot; than others. That's obvious. Otherwise certain types of armour would never have become obsolete over the course of history. If someone chooses scale mail over full plate, then they are probably doing so for a very good reason. But to think that scale mail should be improved to make it more popular misses the entire concept of armour by a country mile. Farmers could plow their fields with horses but they use tractors instead. By some peoples' arguments (in D&amp;D terms at least), horses should be given greater stats to make them more &quot;optimal.&quot; Sheesh.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wolffenjugend, post: 1308278, member: 11069"] Ummm, 3E (and 3.5E) armour is designed based on historical armour - not the other way around. I guess you missed that. D&D didn't make the types of armour up so that every class would have a suit tailored to its needs. D&D tried to provide statistics for some of the most common armours found throughout the world. D&D armour does not, and SHOULD not, be treated as a means of equalizing classes. Of course some armour are more "optimal" than others. That's obvious. Otherwise certain types of armour would never have become obsolete over the course of history. If someone chooses scale mail over full plate, then they are probably doing so for a very good reason. But to think that scale mail should be improved to make it more popular misses the entire concept of armour by a country mile. Farmers could plow their fields with horses but they use tractors instead. By some peoples' arguments (in D&D terms at least), horses should be given greater stats to make them more "optimal." Sheesh. [/QUOTE]

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