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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7130590" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I think that &quot;what penalty should there be for wearing armor&quot; is the wrong question.&nbsp; If a penalty is applied for armor, it's because armor is heavy.&nbsp; More to the point armor is heavy enough to be a burden to the wearer.We have a cleric in our group who literally could not pick up a 10 pound chest without being encumbered, even though he only wears medium armor.&nbsp; IMHO he should be more penalized than the guy with the belt of frost giant strength and chain mail.If it's too much of a hassle to figure out encumbrance, then perhaps it's too much of a hassle to apply a penalty.&nbsp; There are many people who penalize armor wearing characters in various ways (sleeping, not able to wear armor in a city and so forth).&nbsp; I just see this as another example of a penalty that feels like a penalty that only applies to certain character builds.&nbsp; Why single out armor wearers?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7130590, member: 6801845"] I think that "what penalty should there be for wearing armor" is the wrong question. If a penalty is applied for armor, it's because armor is heavy. More to the point armor is heavy enough to be a burden to the wearer. We have a cleric in our group who literally could not pick up a 10 pound chest without being encumbered, even though he only wears medium armor. IMHO he should be more penalized than the guy with the belt of frost giant strength and chain mail. If it's too much of a hassle to figure out encumbrance, then perhaps it's too much of a hassle to apply a penalty. There are many people who penalize armor wearing characters in various ways (sleeping, not able to wear armor in a city and so forth). I just see this as another example of a penalty that feels like a penalty that only applies to certain character builds. Why single out armor wearers? [/QUOTE]

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