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<blockquote data-quote="EvilPheemy" data-source="post: 3509446" data-attributes="member: 3700">I don't do a lot of playing these days.&nbsp; I'm normally the GM.&nbsp; Thus, I *love* lousy, crappy armor choices.&nbsp; Cultural choices play a big role in what becomes available to my players.&nbsp; For example, in one of my old campaigns, Full and Half Plate was restricted to the nobility.&nbsp; Indeed, if a person not of name were to be caught in ownership of such armor, they would be arrested, the armor confiscated, and brought before the local Lord for judgement.I've also run campaigns where armoring techniques weren't advanced enough for certain armors to be available.&nbsp; Chainmail for example, was only available from the Elves.&nbsp; Dwarven smiths were well capable of crafting chainmail, but wouldn't because of their cultural antipathy.Hide Armor is great for savage cultures that haven't discovered the secret of boiling leather in oil first to stiffen it.At low levels, these restrictions turn into reasons for PCs to adventure.&nbsp; If Plate armors are restricted to the Aristocracy, then the PCs have reason to court a patron (who can grant them leave to possess the coveted metal suit).&nbsp; If they exist in a culture that hasn't developed chain mail yet, they'll become rather envious of that far away land where their warriors wear coats of woven steel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EvilPheemy, post: 3509446, member: 3700"] I don't do a lot of playing these days. I'm normally the GM. Thus, I *love* lousy, crappy armor choices. Cultural choices play a big role in what becomes available to my players. For example, in one of my old campaigns, Full and Half Plate was restricted to the nobility. Indeed, if a person not of name were to be caught in ownership of such armor, they would be arrested, the armor confiscated, and brought before the local Lord for judgement. I've also run campaigns where armoring techniques weren't advanced enough for certain armors to be available. Chainmail for example, was only available from the Elves. Dwarven smiths were well capable of crafting chainmail, but wouldn't because of their cultural antipathy. Hide Armor is great for savage cultures that haven't discovered the secret of boiling leather in oil first to stiffen it. At low levels, these restrictions turn into reasons for PCs to adventure. If Plate armors are restricted to the Aristocracy, then the PCs have reason to court a patron (who can grant them leave to possess the coveted metal suit). If they exist in a culture that hasn't developed chain mail yet, they'll become rather envious of that far away land where their warriors wear coats of woven steel. [/QUOTE]

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