Very Metal

[hollyfant]

Are ALFA druids allowed to use Studded Leather Armour?

• There's no such thing as actual studded leather armour of course, so the in-game descriptions usually describe "brigandine" armour (with metal plates) or riveted leather (with metal rivets). So that's a no.
• They're never marked as being made from "metal(iron)" though. So that's a yes.
• The technical discussions in ALFA concluded Studded Leathers wouldn't benefit from being made from specific metals. I guess that's a yes?

[HEEGZ]

I believe they can. Alternate materials could be used for the reinforcements.

[Zelknolf]

You mean the 90's Robin Hood movie's costumes weren't historically accurate!?? But Alan Rickman was so rapey in that!

My childhood is ruined!

*ahem*
Yeah, we generally let druids wear studded leather, though most indicate that their studded leather is reinforced with strips of bone or such instead. It's generally only a thing on low-level druids-- when they advance, they tend to pursue special materials (I forget the name for it, but there's a wood that you're allowed to make breastplates from which is relatively common, but probably not a reasonable price until level 3ish). So the studded armor they wear tends to be starting gear that can be sourced where ever.

[Heero]

"Im going to cut your heart out with a spoon!"

"Why a spoon? Why not an axe or a knife?"

"Because its dull, you twit, itll hurt more."

[Galadorn]

Duskwood.
Breastplate. AC 5.
Attrociously expensive. More than Full Plste if I recall but Bu never bought his until well after lvl 3 I think.
You'd be making a sick load of "Mail runs" to afford it by level 3. But it's the best we get!
....until Ironwood FP appears

[Ithildur]

Duskwood breastplate has properties that matches mithral chain mail (stupid silly 3e 'elven chain'), reduced acf/acp, considered light armor, etc. on top of being permissible for druids, so yeah, it's rather expensive...

and yet it's cheaper than mithral chain, oddly enough (+3000gp vs +4000gp). *shrug* Go figure.



Slightly related topic, I never did understand why ALFA folks decided to not let druids of Mieliki wear metal armor per canon. An extra +2 ac isn't going to matter that much in the long run (especially compared with full plate clerics) given that much of PnP druid's uberness is not readily available in ALFA... but whatevs.

[Zelknolf]

I think I was thinking of bluewood, which is only 600 gold + base item price (defaults to masterwork) for medium armor. Also a viable material for full plate.

[HEEGZ]

It's all about the RP Ith. No metal for dr00ds. Neener.

[Ithildur]

It's all about the RP Ith. No metal for dr00ds. Neener.

Meanie.