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<blockquote data-quote="Salamandyr" data-source="post: 6820319" data-attributes="member: 40233">I'd say D&amp;D tech is already pretty Rennaissance.&nbsp; I think FR was described as about 16th Century in terms of tech.&nbsp; Remember stuff like the Three Musketeers was long past the Renaissance.&nbsp; Full plate, two handed swords, halberds, and rapiers, among other bits of anachronisms are not exactly Middle Ages tech.That aside, if you want a game where armor plays less of a role, redefine what armor is.&nbsp; Light armor is light armor for the period; Heavy armor is whatever is heavy for the period.&nbsp; In my Greek myth D&amp;D game, full plate is basically full Hoplite panoply, and light armor is a linen or leather aegis.&nbsp; For your Enlightenment/Reformation era D&amp;D game, just list light armor as a jack, medium armor as standard Infantry attire or brigandine, and Heavy a cavalryman's cuirass and call it a day.&nbsp; No reason to assign Full plate as the highest AC if nobody wears full plate in your game.BTW, firearms removing of armor from the battlefield is considerably overstated.&nbsp; Here's some plate armor from the mid 17th Century.&nbsp; And the Polish Hussars were not the only ones.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_hussars#/media/File:Polish_Hussar_half-armour_Winged_Riders.jpg" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_hussars#/media/File:Polish_Hussar_half-armour_Winged_Riders.jpg</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Salamandyr, post: 6820319, member: 40233"] I'd say D&D tech is already pretty Rennaissance. I think FR was described as about 16th Century in terms of tech. Remember stuff like the [I]Three Musketeers[/I] was [I]long[/I] past the Renaissance. Full plate, two handed swords, halberds, and rapiers, among other bits of anachronisms are not exactly Middle Ages tech. That aside, if you want a game where armor plays less of a role, redefine what armor [I]is[/I]. Light armor is light armor [I]for the period[/I]; Heavy armor is whatever is heavy [I]for the period[/I]. In my Greek myth D&D game, full plate is basically full Hoplite panoply, and light armor is a linen or leather aegis. For your Enlightenment/Reformation era D&D game, just list light armor as a jack, medium armor as standard Infantry attire or brigandine, and Heavy a cavalryman's cuirass and call it a day. No reason to assign Full plate as the highest AC if nobody wears full plate in your game. BTW, firearms removing of armor from the battlefield is considerably overstated. Here's some plate armor from the mid 17th Century. And the Polish Hussars were not the only ones. [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_hussars#/media/File:Polish_Hussar_half-armour_Winged_Riders.jpg[/url] [/QUOTE]

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