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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 954255" data-attributes="member: 571">The world your PC goes adventuring in.To be blunt, you are being too dang cautious with this. What you've got now would work fine in a war game, but it doesn't work in an RPG. But it's a good start at a design tool.To expand on my first point, not every type of armor is going to be available everywhere. Armor A may be the best armor ever made, but if it aint on sale in your home town, you can't buy it.Now I present my take on the three types of armor.Flexible: Max Dex: Full; Armor Check: 0; Spell Failure: 0%Semi-rigid: Max Dex: -1; Armor Check: -1; Spell Failure: 5%Rigid: Max Dex: -2; Armor Check: -2; Spell Failure: 10%(The above assumes armor of average quality. Masterwork armor lowers penalties by 1 point (5%), while shoddy armor raises penalties by 1 point (5%))Above you have the base. The material used, and the weight thereof, affects AC, DR,  Max Dex, Armor Check, and Spell Failure. For example, a suit of light steel chain will alter the stats for flexible armor thusly:Light Steel Chain: AC +3, DR 1, Max Dex -2, Armor Check -2, Spell Failure 10%. Weight: 40 pounds.A suit of heavy steel chain would look like this:Heavy Steel Chain: AC +7, DR 5, Max Dex -6, Armor Check -6, Spell Failure 30%. Weight, 80 pounds.This is what I was talking about.Remember, any RPG that consists of only one type of activity soon becomes boring.</blockquote>