Re: Armor proposal 1

[Benjamin Austin <jedi@ecn.purdue.edu>]

Wright-

I think that your stats are based on an assumption that I would not have 
made.  I do not recall the book stating that the armor is designed for 
water combat.  Now, perhaps that is being inferred but contary to that 
point is that the the Marines are the ones that do the primary fighting 
at sea.  If armor is so unrestrictive, then why don't we see mariners 
riding the backs of dolphins wearing steel plate?

The same to the water movements.  Was it said that the armor in the game 
is exactly the same as the armor of our medevil times?  That's the best 
base line that I had to go from and so I comapred it to that too.  Maybe 
the plate mail is big old chucks of plate strapped around someones body?  
I don't know - I didn't design the world.  I think that changing the 
armor rating or movement rates for them would drastically shift the 
balance of the game.

BJ