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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gorgoroth" data-source="post: 5941127" data-attributes="member: 6674889">High level monsters should be able to crit through platemail too...special ability? also someone mentioned specific weapons that are good to pierce through platemail...long bows were good at that. During the reign of Henry the 5th longbows were invented precisely to do exactly that, pierce early platemail. Later plate (e.g. field or full plate), was thicker, so no piercing for you, Mr longbowman.So all of a sudden, you have a few specific weapons that can negate the crit negation. Opening up tactics. I like the different costs of plate armor gradients to provide different immunity vs crits. And certain monsters can bypass crit immunity, whether it be acquired by mundane or magical means. A dragon can still chomp through your armor with its teeth and get you. Or hook you with its claw as it stomps on you. But for regular plate...full plate should still be like a cat trying to bite into the can of tuna. Not gonna happen.Henry the 8th full plate covered EVERY inch of his body, including the backs of his legs and his butt. He was locked in, indestructable. Not saying he wouldn't get a concussion if whacked on the head enough times with a mace, but that's more of an argument that bludgeoning damage could bypass the crit immunity than anything else. Similar to how it bypasses the DR or AC in a weapon type vs armor ruleset.</blockquote>