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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8302404" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>There's a whole series of events and factors that largely ended the use of armor for a few centuries until the invention of modern body armor. There were advances in chemistry that dramatically reduced the cost of saltpeter that made gunpowder more affordable. Advances in gun manufacturing technology which made them more reliable. There were changes to the way wars were waged, and the cheap armor soldiers were given.</p><p></p><p>Even towards the end of the "armor" era, high quality armor did stop most bullets (not much you can do versus a cannonball) but most armor was not high quality. That high quality armor was incredibly expensive, only a few could afford it.</p><p></p><p>All of which is to say is that if you change some of these factors, armor which had already coexisted with guns for centuries may have lasted even longer. In a world with magic, maybe someone starts cranking out golems that can hammer out higher quality steel effectively. Maybe someone figures out how to make an alloy of iron and a small amount of adamantine that makes a cheap steel or that better at absorbing the energy of a bullet. Maybe the chemistry to bring down the cost of gunpowder is never discovered. Maybe high quality plate is still around because it's still the best thing around when fighting dragons and melee weapons are still in use because there are a whole slew of monsters out there that don't give a fig about cavitation damage.</p><p></p><p>We can only take history in the real world as it applies to a fantasy world so far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8302404, member: 6801845"] There's a whole series of events and factors that largely ended the use of armor for a few centuries until the invention of modern body armor. There were advances in chemistry that dramatically reduced the cost of saltpeter that made gunpowder more affordable. Advances in gun manufacturing technology which made them more reliable. There were changes to the way wars were waged, and the cheap armor soldiers were given. Even towards the end of the "armor" era, high quality armor did stop most bullets (not much you can do versus a cannonball) but most armor was not high quality. That high quality armor was incredibly expensive, only a few could afford it. All of which is to say is that if you change some of these factors, armor which had already coexisted with guns for centuries may have lasted even longer. In a world with magic, maybe someone starts cranking out golems that can hammer out higher quality steel effectively. Maybe someone figures out how to make an alloy of iron and a small amount of adamantine that makes a cheap steel or that better at absorbing the energy of a bullet. Maybe the chemistry to bring down the cost of gunpowder is never discovered. Maybe high quality plate is still around because it's still the best thing around when fighting dragons and melee weapons are still in use because there are a whole slew of monsters out there that don't give a fig about cavitation damage. We can only take history in the real world as it applies to a fantasy world so far. [/QUOTE]
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