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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5874838" data-attributes="member: 92305">I agree.&nbsp;And, I think the rules are like this in order to be as simple as possible (missed that mark! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ); designed to emulate the fantasy heroes like those in Lord of the Rings; and because the rules aren't designed to allow a character to have no armor. &nbsp;Armor adds weight (encumbrance) and slows the move rating, but little else.&nbsp; In my Conan RPG, there's a rule for sleeping in armor (it may fatigue the character), and there's an optional rule for mail wearing characters who go for more than a day wearing the armor to become fatigued.&nbsp;The Conan RPG also has a method for destroying armor (besides a usual Sunder) through hits that do 20+ points of damage in a single blow.&nbsp;I'd like to see this type of thing expanded.&nbsp; Even in the Lord of the Rings movie, Aragorn spent the majority of his time in normal leather armor, only switching to plate once he knew he would be on the battlefield.&nbsp; I'd be happier with D&amp;D if this type of thing were reflected in it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 5874838, member: 92305"] I agree. And, I think the rules are like this in order to be as simple as possible (missed that mark! ;) ); designed to emulate the fantasy heroes like those in Lord of the Rings; and because the rules aren't designed to allow a character to have no armor. Armor adds weight (encumbrance) and slows the move rating, but little else. In my Conan RPG, there's a rule for sleeping in armor (it may fatigue the character), and there's an optional rule for mail wearing characters who go for more than a day wearing the armor to become fatigued. The Conan RPG also has a method for destroying armor (besides a usual Sunder) through hits that do 20+ points of damage in a single blow. I'd like to see this type of thing expanded. Even in the Lord of the Rings movie, Aragorn spent the majority of his time in normal leather armor, only switching to plate once he knew he would be on the battlefield. I'd be happier with D&D if this type of thing were reflected in it. [/QUOTE]

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