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		<title>By: Spidergorilla</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2022 02:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea that a knight in full harness would be immobile is also a misconception.  There&#039;s not a lot that can be done about the total mass a full-body suit of steel will have (20-40% of the wearer&#039;s mass, maybe more for jousting plate), but the thing is that it&#039;s unbelievably well distributed.  Unlike a backpack, it doesn&#039;t affect where your center of mass is or how you need to move your joints, only how much force that takes.  And since putting that force on your bones instead of your muscles is something most humans learn to do by age four, it&#039;s a -2 DEX at most, even for the really heavy stuff.

If you&#039;re able to jump more than an inch off the ground, you&#039;re able to stand up with twice your weight, distributed that way.  A massive backpack or duffel bag only makes things hard because it changes how you balance.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The idea that a knight in full harness would be immobile is also a misconception.  There&#8217;s not a lot that can be done about the total mass a full-body suit of steel will have (20-40% of the wearer&#8217;s mass, maybe more for jousting plate), but the thing is that it&#8217;s unbelievably well distributed.  Unlike a backpack, it doesn&#8217;t affect where your center of mass is or how you need to move your joints, only how much force that takes.  And since putting that force on your bones instead of your muscles is something most humans learn to do by age four, it&#8217;s a -2 DEX at most, even for the really heavy stuff.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re able to jump more than an inch off the ground, you&#8217;re able to stand up with twice your weight, distributed that way.  A massive backpack or duffel bag only makes things hard because it changes how you balance.</p>
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		<title>By: Zak McKracken</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2022 21:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nice description, and I had no idea that even older swords were that light. Always thought that only happened in later centuries when metallurgy improved enough to allow things like rapiers.

But since you mention armor: I know the heaviest armor was used exclusively for tournaments, or to show off, much like ornamental swords. I think heavy plate mail would also have been reserved for mounted knights, who probably became close to immobile if they ever got knocked off their horses, which in turn were heavy duty horses, not elegantly-jumping-over-fences horses (I think that&#039;s the technical term, right?), and those people would have swords only as a back-up weapon in case they got dismounted and or their lance broke or something.

...but what kind of armor would someone have worn for whom a sword was the primary weapon? I imagine that while wearing e.g. chain mail, STR would still be an important stat, and a kg more or less on a sword wouldn&#039;t make that much of a difference.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice description, and I had no idea that even older swords were that light. Always thought that only happened in later centuries when metallurgy improved enough to allow things like rapiers.</p>
<p>But since you mention armor: I know the heaviest armor was used exclusively for tournaments, or to show off, much like ornamental swords. I think heavy plate mail would also have been reserved for mounted knights, who probably became close to immobile if they ever got knocked off their horses, which in turn were heavy duty horses, not elegantly-jumping-over-fences horses (I think that&#8217;s the technical term, right?), and those people would have swords only as a back-up weapon in case they got dismounted and or their lance broke or something.</p>
<p>&#8230;but what kind of armor would someone have worn for whom a sword was the primary weapon? I imagine that while wearing e.g. chain mail, STR would still be an important stat, and a kg more or less on a sword wouldn&#8217;t make that much of a difference.</p>
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		<title>By: Charlie Spencer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Spencer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PTerry&#039;s Cohen the Barbarian, anyone?  Another old guy constantly underrated until he has his foot on your throat.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PTerry&#8217;s Cohen the Barbarian, anyone?  Another old guy constantly underrated until he has his foot on your throat.</p>
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		<title>By: Zalocin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zalocin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2022 05:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the way Gravedust phrases things on the page before, it seems being challenged for leadership in this way is not a Savasi tradition, but a troll one. Gravedust caught Iver in a logical trap: &quot;You are saying you want to lead the World&#039;s Rebellion, and you&#039;re legitimising their laws, so now by those laws I can challenge you!&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the way Gravedust phrases things on the page before, it seems being challenged for leadership in this way is not a Savasi tradition, but a troll one. Gravedust caught Iver in a logical trap: &#8220;You are saying you want to lead the World&#8217;s Rebellion, and you&#8217;re legitimising their laws, so now by those laws I can challenge you!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: T</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[T]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2022 02:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s great to know.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s great to know.</p>
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