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Message: <blockquote data-quote="maggot" data-source="post: 2078094" data-attributes="member: 1005">One way I've done this in my campaign is equate special materials to a + bonus for armor.  So for example mithral would count as +2.  This means that many characters don't want to have +1 mithral plate, but would prefer +3 normal plate.  Unfortunately, the Magic Vestment spell messed with this, but still it became a choice of +1 mithral plate or +1 fortified plate.Still at the highest level, everyone had either full plate or a mithral breastplate.  Well maybe the bard didn't spend so much on armor and had a chainshirt or something.  Still it was light or heavy armor, no medium.  Even the barbarian didn't go with medium armor, and barbarians are the only class encouraged to use medium armor.I've also seen 30ft move for light, 25ft for medium, and 20 for heavy.  That encourages medium armor a bit, but it doesn't work so well with smaller characters.</blockquote>