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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nagol" data-source="post: 5327626" data-attributes="member: 23935">Substitute club, quarterstaff, or long knife for bastard sword and padded/leather for chain mail and yes -- at least if the farmer knows he's leaving the King's Road and is at risk for hostile wandering encounters!After all, wearing chain and carrying a bastard sword for a farmer is liikely to get him hanged as a bandit by the first patrol that encounters him.The caravan merchant hires guards and gets the best armour (and maybe a decent weapon) that he can justify for the cost -- probably chain shirt or chain mail.  To do otherwise is asking for trouble.  He's have a nice suit in luggage for "down time" when hosting with more noble patrons, but he'd wear armour when traveling.A noble would take advantage of his noble station to wear heavy armour and carry noble weapons (here's your bastard sword and likely plate -- at the very least chain); it's a way to advertise his station as well as a defence.The kobold is likely to have seen the power of magic (arcane or divine is probably a quibble here) as his shaman/adept has it.  It's not like the default campaign setting hangs a particular mystery around magic -- there are a lot of of casters in the population -- even hamlets and thorps have a very good chance of having a caster.</blockquote>