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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 4692742" data-attributes="member: 82106">Agreed. The general view that for instance "knights could not stand back up in plate armor" or "had to be winched onto their horse" are in fact silly. I've also seen people demonstrate doing all sorts of things in armor, as you say. So in general there isn't a LOT of problem with just wearing your armor. However it still isn't a second skin. There are times when people would doff their armor and/or wear lighter equipment like an arming vest etc. I doubt Diaz wore his armor when he was lounging around town or whatever. And it is pretty clear that most soldiers in most places and times, even on campaign, often went unarmored.Finally there IS an environmental aspect to it. Trudging through The Great Desert in your plate armor is going to be rough, just as the crusaders found out. Likewise it might not be so good to wear it 24/7 in a jungle either. So I've always ruled that any penalty for 'sleeping in armor' would be environmentally dependent. Wandering the countryside in a European-like climate? No real problem. In the desert, you might start to suffer some endurance check penalties after a few days.</blockquote>