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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 8457062" data-attributes="member: 5889">So good point, and I took a look as I was curious if there were any real uses of poor quality for weapons/armor that I missed.Weapons: In pretty much every case, the half damage is just not worth it. Its just better to get a less weapon at normal price. The exceptions I found:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Javelins: If you are planning to just hurl them and not reuse them, then the half price could make sense here.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Club: For the ultimate in cheapness, you could equip your army with a poor club at .5 sp a pop. Now you are going to do pathetic damage after the first swing, but its slightly better than unarmed if you literally have nothing else to use.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Medium Shield: So interestingly a poor quality medium shield is equal to a light shield price, and when broken has the same AC as a light shield. So if you don't care about throwing your shield, you could have a &quot;light shield&quot; that gets a +1 to AC on the first round of combat in a day. That's....at least some use. </li>
</ul>While the idea of a PC getting a +1 AC against one attack a day, and then repairing it each night....I wouldn't really consider that an exploit, considering you could just have Splint for 450 gp that's going to give you the same AC for 99.9% of the day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 8457062, member: 5889"] So good point, and I took a look as I was curious if there were any real uses of poor quality for weapons/armor that I missed. Weapons: In pretty much every case, the half damage is just not worth it. Its just better to get a less weapon at normal price. The exceptions I found: [LIST] [*]Javelins: If you are planning to just hurl them and not reuse them, then the half price could make sense here. [*]Club: For the ultimate in cheapness, you could equip your army with a poor club at .5 sp a pop. Now you are going to do pathetic damage after the first swing, but its slightly better than unarmed if you literally have nothing else to use. [*]Medium Shield: So interestingly a poor quality medium shield is equal to a light shield price, and when broken has the same AC as a light shield. So if you don't care about throwing your shield, you could have a "light shield" that gets a +1 to AC on the first round of combat in a day. That's....at least some use. [/LIST] While the idea of a PC getting a +1 AC against one attack a day, and then repairing it each night....I wouldn't really consider that an exploit, considering you could just have Splint for 450 gp that's going to give you the same AC for 99.9% of the day. [/QUOTE]

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