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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6330669" data-attributes="member: 2525"><p>They are not in conflict. There are no traps in that list - they are all obvious. It doesn't take a rules optimizing scholar to figure out that Studded Leather gives 1 point better AC than Leather Armor, and so if optimization is your preference you will choose the Studded Leather. Similarly, if someone doesn't care about that, and they want Leather Armor for their character for role playing reasons, they can choose that. Or, if someone wants a world that's a bit more realistic, where some things just ARE better than other things (like a long bow just IS better than a sling, which is why the Long Bow won the historical weapon evolution fight handily), they get that. Both types people get what they want. </p><p></p><p>The only people who do not get what they want are the "I want everything to be equal", to whom I say, "Why?". As long as you know Studded Leather is mechanically better than Leather Armor, and you do know that, why do you care if they include both? Including both satisfies the "I want to role play leather armor and I don't care about the mechanics" people, and the "I want a realistic world where some things just are better than other things" people, without harming those who like to optimize.</p><p></p><p>Or is this some sort of OCD type thing, where if every peg is not the same height it makes you uncomfortable?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 6330669, member: 2525"] They are not in conflict. There are no traps in that list - they are all obvious. It doesn't take a rules optimizing scholar to figure out that Studded Leather gives 1 point better AC than Leather Armor, and so if optimization is your preference you will choose the Studded Leather. Similarly, if someone doesn't care about that, and they want Leather Armor for their character for role playing reasons, they can choose that. Or, if someone wants a world that's a bit more realistic, where some things just ARE better than other things (like a long bow just IS better than a sling, which is why the Long Bow won the historical weapon evolution fight handily), they get that. Both types people get what they want. The only people who do not get what they want are the "I want everything to be equal", to whom I say, "Why?". As long as you know Studded Leather is mechanically better than Leather Armor, and you do know that, why do you care if they include both? Including both satisfies the "I want to role play leather armor and I don't care about the mechanics" people, and the "I want a realistic world where some things just are better than other things" people, without harming those who like to optimize. Or is this some sort of OCD type thing, where if every peg is not the same height it makes you uncomfortable? [/QUOTE]
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