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Plate Armor - It isn't really that heavy!
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<blockquote data-quote="Darklone" data-source="post: 68112" data-attributes="member: 1372"><p><strong>Platemails</strong></p><p></p><p>Well ... some experiences while fighting, riding, climbing and other stuff in platemail with padded, wooden and steel weapons. </p><p></p><p>- Agreed with all those guys who talked about a platemail being lighter and more comfortable than a chainmail. For standard movements. Jumping, rolling, diving and cartwheeling... Well, it's possible. But I still prefer my good old leather armour for it.</p><p></p><p>- Don't think platemail will slow your fighting down. It does but not remarkably. Don't think that guy with a bastard sword can't do some serious fencing against your rapier and beat you in matters of speed. (AND reach)</p><p></p><p>- Don't believe fairytales about lying on your back like a beetle. I've seen more flickups from guys in full platemail and heavy chain than I have fingers left.</p><p></p><p>- Platemail, no matter how well it fits you, is awfully if you have to walk or climb. You can fight nearly without encumbrance. Our heavy troopers were the first to bash someone but not if they had to walk a mile to get there. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Sleeping in mail ... yeah some idiots did it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Took them several days to recover!</p><p></p><p>- about the swimming... Some friends actually tried it (in a 2m deep pool with several others inside. DON'T TRY THIS, it was hard enough to get him out of it again and clean the plate). I think the swimming rules in D&D are quite fine. DON'T DO IT! He managed to stay on the surface for about 4 seconds. Movement beyong that: no. And he was fighting hard and a very capable swimmer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darklone, post: 68112, member: 1372"] [b]Platemails[/b] Well ... some experiences while fighting, riding, climbing and other stuff in platemail with padded, wooden and steel weapons. - Agreed with all those guys who talked about a platemail being lighter and more comfortable than a chainmail. For standard movements. Jumping, rolling, diving and cartwheeling... Well, it's possible. But I still prefer my good old leather armour for it. - Don't think platemail will slow your fighting down. It does but not remarkably. Don't think that guy with a bastard sword can't do some serious fencing against your rapier and beat you in matters of speed. (AND reach) - Don't believe fairytales about lying on your back like a beetle. I've seen more flickups from guys in full platemail and heavy chain than I have fingers left. - Platemail, no matter how well it fits you, is awfully if you have to walk or climb. You can fight nearly without encumbrance. Our heavy troopers were the first to bash someone but not if they had to walk a mile to get there. :) Sleeping in mail ... yeah some idiots did it. :) Took them several days to recover! - about the swimming... Some friends actually tried it (in a 2m deep pool with several others inside. DON'T TRY THIS, it was hard enough to get him out of it again and clean the plate). I think the swimming rules in D&D are quite fine. DON'T DO IT! He managed to stay on the surface for about 4 seconds. Movement beyong that: no. And he was fighting hard and a very capable swimmer. [/QUOTE]
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