Decided to add bone armor to my armor training. Realized that it may be difficult, but the numbers seem out of balance. (Even considering I'm a trader).

Armor I was wearing at first: Reinforced Cuirboull Coat, a Med shield, a chain balaclava and hammered broze greaves. Appraisal shows me fairly hindered. I put on bronze gauntlets, I'm fairly hindered. Take off the bronze gauntlets and put on bone gauntlets, I'm greatly hindered.

So I decided to go play with some eels with the bone gauntlets on, being greatly hindered.

After a time playing with them (about 6 minutes) this is how results went.

Starting stats:
Leather Armor 51.08 learning
Light Plate 44.18 learning
Light Chain 42.46 learning
Bone Armor 7.53 learning


After playing with the eels for 6 minutes:
Leather Armor 51.10 preplexed
Light Plate 44.21 muddled
Light Chain 42.48 concentrating
Bone Armor 7.55 thoughtful


Now, it seems to me that wearing an armor that takes up one of the lower amounts of body area shouldn't be affecting encumbrance that much. BUT, if it is, then it should be teaching more. It seems tome likely you saying "Hey we are going to penalize you alot for wearing an armor that you don't know much alot about, even if it covers only a small area. But we are not going to teach it well because that is a small area."

Abison


Don't tell me something is useless, that just wants me to find a use for it to get an advantage over you.

The reason for the vast jump in hinderance is not because bone gauntlets have too much, but rather you went from mixing 3 types to mixing 4 armor across all 4 categories. That increases the hinderance on each piece.

GM Oolan Jeel

"This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time." Aneurin Bevan, May 1945, on World War II rationing and shortages in England.