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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HRSegovia" data-source="post: 6233410" data-attributes="member: 99950">ARMOR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSESI, personally, loved Rolemaster's approach in that some armors were stronger/weaker versus certain attacks - but their method of "a chart for everything" was a little lacking.  Part of the excitement was choosing what weapon to use against what enemy and realizing you had to count on your teammates and some level of wit when you didn't have the right one.There are countless ways you can approach this.  My advice, take simplicity over realism and to hell with anyone that starts arguing that its not realistic enough.  People will be less likely to try a complex game that is not mainstream than a simple one.  Complex/Realistic games are like Art films - they are usually not picked up mainstream and only accepted by a few people.  Look at Harnmaster and MERP (both GREAT games BTW).For example, if you were going with a D&D-like AC system, you would probably use something like:Plate (Strong/Slashing) 20AC, (Normal) 18AC, (Weak/Piercing) 16ACBetter quality armors do not change the normal AC, but adjust the Weak, Strong, or both.Additionally, piece-armoring is fun and adds a sense of realism, but you may want to avoid it as you will run into two problems:You convolute your system a little bit with hit location (which really slows combat - perhaps optional will make people happy, but you may need a separate character sheet)You open yourself up to powergamers (consider what piece armoring did in 2nd Ed D&D)</blockquote>

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