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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 8552680" data-attributes="member: 6779310">Scale, splint, Lamellar (esp. Wiesby), and Brigandine are all about equal... if of the same material. They're all about spreading the blow by overlapping metal bits. (and, yes, I've worn all of them at one point or another... the hazards of borrowing armor for fighter practice.)&quot;Plate Mail&quot; is a Gygax invention. A non-sense term. Ringmail is a redundant term. Mail is always rings.Scaled mail is a thing; it's scale attached to chain, rather than to cloth or leather. Heavy. Improves spread of energy. Romans called it lorica plumata. It was rare.ring-joined plate is a real thing, but it's just a less labor intensive mail equivalent, but suffers from the plates also being lighter, and thus not so good vs blunt. It should be considered chain. It's historic users were east of Iran through india...Based upon having worn a bunch in training...Soft but thick leather*stiff Leather*Studded leather*. Plate of rawhide. Plate of baleen. Cuirboulli. Ring on leather*.Scale*/Splint*/Lamellar*/brigandine* including braces of same.Mail*Mail plus braces.Scaled mail. Breast and braces*.Field Plate (Breast, Back, articulated arms, pauldrons, articulated legs)Full plate (Articulated whole body, plus mail skirt and camail)* I've worn these types at practices.Braces being Vambraces, rebraces, Greaves, and cuisses. Ring on leather is surprisingly good. The rings are stitched to heavy leather, not interlocked, but they spread the force out quite well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 8552680, member: 6779310"] Scale, splint, Lamellar (esp. Wiesby), and Brigandine are all about equal... if of the same material. They're all about spreading the blow by overlapping metal bits. (and, yes, I've worn all of them at one point or another... the hazards of borrowing armor for fighter practice.) "Plate Mail" is a Gygax invention. A non-sense term. Ringmail is a redundant term. Mail is always rings. Scaled mail is a thing; it's scale attached to chain, rather than to cloth or leather. Heavy. Improves spread of energy. Romans called it lorica plumata. It was rare. ring-joined plate is a real thing, but it's just a less labor intensive mail equivalent, but suffers from the plates also being lighter, and thus not so good vs blunt. It should be considered chain. It's historic users were east of Iran through india... Based upon having worn a bunch in training... Soft but thick leather* stiff Leather* Studded leather*. Plate of rawhide. Plate of baleen. Cuirboulli. Ring on leather*. Scale*/Splint*/Lamellar*/brigandine* including braces of same. Mail* Mail plus braces. Scaled mail. Breast and braces*. Field Plate (Breast, Back, articulated arms, pauldrons, articulated legs) Full plate (Articulated whole body, plus mail skirt and camail) * I've worn these types at practices. Braces being Vambraces, rebraces, Greaves, and cuisses. Ring on leather is surprisingly good. The rings are stitched to heavy leather, not interlocked, but they spread the force out quite well. [/QUOTE]

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