Re: T'orites and armor

["Steven E. Ames" <steve@virtual-voodoo.com>]

Clothing and Robes are different. Clothing does not provide any DV.
Standard everyday attire or business clothing gives you 0 CDV. Hence you
can immobilize most people with no extra effort. So... you don't have to
be naked to get zero CDV... you just can't be wearing anything armored
or padded. Normal clothing also does not affect your movement rate (GM
adjudication for those tight leather pants you like to wear).

I'm still pondering your extra difficulty check... are you suggesting
something along the way of an extra die per CDV? So 3d6 for robes, 6d6
for plate?

-Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hogg" <johnhogg@laf.cioe.com>
To: "Steven E. Ames" <steve@virtual-voodoo.com>
Cc: "John Hogg" <johnhogg@laf.cioe.com>; <gmlist@cioe.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: T'orites and armor


>
>
> On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Steven E. Ames wrote:
>
> > Doesn't robes protect against immobilize as well? Twas my
understanding
> > that anything that provide at least 1 point of 'CDV' could get you
> > around an immobilize. Plus monks wear robes :)
> >
> > -Steve
> >
>
> Kinda takes the wind out of that 400 ep skill if you go that way,
though
> ... not many folks outside of scrogg worshipers and new party members
> dashing ahead before the fire mage's spells go off enter combat naked.
>
> Perhaps instead of a 2d6 flat roll, increase the difficulty of the
skill
> check based on how the target's armored (GM's call)
>
> Something like 2d6 for naked and clothing and on up for different
armors,
> creature armor ability, etc.
>
> As far as robes stopping an immobilize, I distinctly remember an
> unfortunate 1-hop line drive when I was in shallow left field in
little
> league that my uniform pants indeed did NOT stop before dropping me to
the
> ground quite effectively.
>
> Needless to say, that area got armored right quick.
>
> Though I do see your argument in regard to taking the armor value and
> movement costs associated with clothing and considering it armor ...
> within the system it seems accurate.
>
>
>
>
>