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Message: <blockquote data-quote="schnee" data-source="post: 7144368" data-attributes="member: 16728">Nah, shedding yourself in steel completely removes you from feeling like you belong in the natural world. It's a completely industrial thing. You're a tank.Hide armor? Pretty damn close. It has some flexibility. It 'breathes' like having fur when it comes to ventilation and temperature. You move and sound like a natural animal that way. Now, tools? We're tool using creatures, always have been. The steel being on the blade isn't *on* you, it isn't pressing down on your flesh, restricting your body, it's in your hand, it's our version of a claw. No issue there.This is subjective, but having done a lot of hiking, and also wearing some armor in SCA, I can *totally* agree with the limitation. It doesn't have to be a mechanically punishing thing. They just don't wear it.</blockquote>