From: | Wafflemeisters <evamarie@**********.NET> |
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Subject: | Re: A question of Grand Scale |
Date: | Mon, 11 May 1998 15:39:58 -0500 |
> Re: A question of Grand Scale (Gurth , Sun 4:37)
>
> 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.
>
Also, a vest covers less than the whole body, which in SR, is reflected
by lowering the armor value. Going by CT's limb armor guides, the vest
covers chest front and back, or 2 of 5 locations. Thus its armor value
is 2/5 normal. That would be 3/3, if you allow it is still 8/8 hide, or
2/2 with gurth intepretation. Call it 3/2, and you have a normal vest,
made of rather exotic material.
-Mongoose