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Dystious
2007-10-15, 05:26 PM
d20 is nice and all, but something bugs me. Armor comes in kits and sets.
What if you get a chain shirt but have studded leather pants and a metal helmet?
That's three different types of armor.

A Roman Legionnaire from 100bc typically wore hinged laminated steel pieces riveted to leather straps over a medium clothes but leaving the forearms and below the knees completely uncovered.

In the d20 system, how would we categorize that?

So does anyone have a decent homebrew for doing an armor piece system?

Triaxx
2007-10-15, 05:41 PM
It's simple enough to rebuild. You just take each piece of armor and split up the AC from it.

An AC 8 Chainmail set would have AC 5 Body, AC 2 Legs, and AC 1 Arms. You could also adjust the weight of each piece. 7 pounds for the body, 2 for the legs and a pound for the arms.