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Message: <blockquote data-quote="green slime" data-source="post: 5327664" data-attributes="member: 1325">Probably can't afford armour, and knives and quarterstaves are sure signs of wizardry, and get him javelinned to death, if we are to believe previous posters. Highwaymen and bandits have existed on the King's road until very late in historical times indeed in England (19th century), but equipping yourself and wearing armour, you better be ready to fight. More likely, the average farmer taking goods to market could probably get past the bandits by negotiating a reasonable price (sack of potatoes at most), but probably wouldn't even register as a mark at all. No argument there.Or probably not, depending on the circumstances. 1) it is very uncomfortable. 2) He's paying the mercenaries for guard duty, hiring another guard is  cheaper than buying a set of arms and armour for himself. 3) In extremely dangerous areas, yes, he might wear armour himself. 4) But unless he is reasonably fit and skilled he'd may be better off unarmed: Fat, wealthy merchants can be held for ransom. Dead corpses cannot, and if he looks like one of the guards, he'll be treated like one of the guards, even if the rest of the guards run away. 5) It is bothersome wearing armourOr probably not, that's what the klutz bodyguards (AKA "Knights") are for. Wearing armour is tiresome, bothersome wardrobe activity. Taking 60 minutes each morning to strap on the old plate isn't fun, and it starts to smell really bad after wearing the same armour for a few days. It doesn't look refined, and not everywhere you go do you want to like like a porcupine. It doesn't impress when you are riding around the countryside. In fact, wearing armour while examining your estates would probably be seen as a sign of weakness or insecurity. Unless you are expecting imminent battle, you wouldn't want to put the bothersome stuff on. Only wierdo maverick adventurers would wander around in armour constantly. Gold chains, stylish footwear and a proper collar supporting a well-groomed head better advertise station. Yes, the noble is more likely to have his sword along with him. Shaman may have the power of magic (or maybe not), but does that auto-mean the thinly clad bespectacled youth hiding behind the snorting ½-orc can wield such power? And given that the shaman may use divine magic & wear armour, where then is the auto-wizard logo? Just because the law of gravity pulls the apple to the earth, doesn't mean every semi-intelligent inhabitant understands the principle at work behind the apple's fall. Likewise the division of arcane and divine magic, and arcane spell failure in armour...</blockquote>

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