Wapenuitrusting in S&S2016

Wederom een nieuwe preview voor S&S2016, ditmaal een stukje over wapenuitrustingen. Onderstaande tekst letterlijk zoals hij me werd toegestuurd.

Zie ook vorige blogposts over Crafting en Money die relevant kunnen zijn om sommige concepten hier te begrijpen.

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Armor

Armor is vital in protecting the wearer from serious injuries. SnS Is very flexible in what, where and how you wear armor and all armor can be individually adapted to the location of the body. If you want, you can have great protection on your body but leave your arms and legs free for better maneuverability. There are different types of armor with different purposes and all made in different materials and every type has a big assortment of sizes and body parts that they can cover. Then can of course all be made with the correct crafting skills and they can come in superior quality (see crafting page XXX).

Armor defensive value

Each piece of armor offers protecting again incoming attacks. The defensive value (DF) is subtracted from any incoming weapon damage. Obviously stronger armor will protect more and be a better choice for combat oriented types. Wearing a lot of armor seems like a logical choice then, but armor can also have negative effects on many combat situations. See armor types page XXX for a description of effects on gameplay.

Armor	Layer	Defensive value (DF)	Armor hit points	Rarity
Light cloth	B	1	1	Common
Heavy cloth	B	2	2	Common
Soft leather	M	1D6	2	Common
Hard leather	M	1D6+1	3	Common
Light chain	M	1D6+2	4	Common
Heavy chain	M	1D6+3	5	Common
Scale	T	1D6+4	5	Rare
Plate	T	1D6+5	6	Rare
Lava hardened plate	T	1D6+6	8	Exceptional
Mithril	M	4	∞	Epic
Giant earthstone	T	2D6+2	∞	Epic
Deep folk natural armor	-	1	∞	-

Layers

Armor comes in three different types of layers that can be combines. You can wear one Bottom level armor, one Middle level armor and one Top level armor all together if you want. Please note that some spell casters will have a negative impact on their magical abilities when they combine too much armor on certain locations (see magic page XXX).

Example:

Our hero Wulfhand has decided to kit himself out with some new found armor to increase his chances of survival. He found a plate chest piece that fits him.  At the moment he was already wearing heavy cloth on his arms, legs and torso (Bottom level armor), he has a steel plate helmet (Top level armor) and a Hard leather jacket with short sleeves and hard leather long boots (Middle level armor). Adding his plate chest piece shouldn’t be a problem because he is wearing Bottom and Middle level on his chest. There is room for a Top level armor piece. The defensive value of his amour is now something like this:

Head : Plate 1D6+5

Arms : Heavy cloth 2

Legs :  Heavy cloth 2 + Hard leather 1D6+1

Torso: Heavy cloth 2 + Hard leather 1D6+1 + Plate 1D6+5

His torso is certainly well protected at the moment and that is not a bad idea since it is the biggest part of his body and will easily be hit by attacks. Leaving his arms unprotected is a dangerous gamble, one well places blow could disable him quickly.

Armor hit points

Each piece of armor also has individual hit points. This represent how well the armor can withstand the physical stress of combat and how well it is made. Sometimes, during combat, special damage results will end up damaging your armor ultimately rendering it useless. It will basically fall apart and will have to be replaced or repaired with the correct crafting skill. When this breakdown happens during combat, it can be especially dangerous because it will leave that location open to especially deadly attacks.

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Enkele bedenkingen:

•  Interessant om te zien dat bepantsering van D4 (oude versie van de regels) naar D6 gaat. Dat maakt gevechten iets minder dodelijk. Maar Mithril blijft wel op een vaste score van 4? Maakt dat Mithril niet wat te zwak? Het is nu het zwakste armour in de M categorie?
• De verschillende lagen armour in S&S heb ik persoonlijk altijd een beetje vervelend gevonden. Natuurlijk als je een platen harnas draagt heb je eronder ook stof en leer aan ... ? Daarom dat ik persoonlijk liever zou zien dat onderliggende lagen gewoon mee verrekend zitten in de bepantseringswaarde van de bovenliggende laag, en hoef je je als speler enkel bezig te houden met de sterkste laag bepantsering. Deze kan nog steeds locatie-afhankelijk zijn. Maar zoals ik zei, dit is eerder persoonlijke voorkeur, en uiteindelijk is het een design-keuze.