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From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: A question of Grand Scale
Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 10:37:38 +0100
Jessica Grota said on 2:23/10 May 98...

> Okay, so the question is this. Several PCs managed to get a hold of a
> bunch of scales. If you were to make a plated vest out of the scales,
> what would its rating be? I checked the critter table, and according to
> that, Eastern Dragons have a composite natural armor of 8. So would a
> vest made from said critter's scales be 8/8? Or less?

Less, I'd say. IMO the dragon's armor rating takes into account the fact
that it's a very large critter and so isn't as easily hurt as smaller
ones; the actual armor rating of the scales would be about 4 or so, I'd
say. That would put a vest made from the scales in the order of armor 4/4.

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