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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NerfedWizard" data-source="post: 4573788" data-attributes="member: 68865"><p>I think to be fair wearing armour (from my experience of wearing heavy chainmail armour with breastplate and greaves and helmet) DOES modestly interfere with fighting speed, speed of arm movements etc. - when using ultralight latex weaponry. I don't think it would have a significant impact if using metal weapons - I'll have to ask my reenactor friend [edit] - my reenactor friend says it makes no difference what armour you are wearing, if you are using heavy weapons [/edit]. But if it interferes with fighting speed with ultralight carbon fibre core latex weaponry, presumably it might interfere modestly with hand gestures. But the key here is "modestly" - it's not a significant interference, unless, for game-balance reasons, you want it to be. And wearing heavy armour definitely does lead to me getting tired out from physical activity somewhat quicker. I would say - unarmoured I could probably LARP for about 12 hours with minimal breaks, but in heavy armour I'm getting tired after 6 hours, and knackered after 8 or 9. But that's a LONG day. For intense fights, I might be OK for 10-15 minutes without armour, but 5-10 with armour - but that's me being very unfit. If I managed just a little bit more daily exercise, I think we would be talking 20-25 minutes without armour, 15-20 with armour (intense fighting). That's a lot of fighting in D&D terms - 150+ rounds with no breaks in between. It never happens in game.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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