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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SDOgre" data-source="post: 4320970" data-attributes="member: 67344">The armor you speak of, munition armor, was a very cheap version of plate armor for infantry.  It was not the full plate of the heavy calvary.  A full suit of plate was so expensive only the very top strata of society could afford it.  And it became more expensive through the 15th century.Medieval historians have consistently said that owning a suit of full plate at the height of this technology was equivalent to owning a private jet in today's economy.  (or a similar analogy)But, as you said, it really has no bearing on the price of tea in China, or the price of plate in D&D except to say that in 3E they observed this by making plate relatively very expensive.  4E does not.  Therefore plate is nothing special anymore.It's a change I did not welcome.</blockquote>