[Rq-rules] Damage Reduction *and* Armour Class

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> It depends on the weapon. You can do as much damage with a cucumber as you
> like, it will still not hurt a breastplate. What you say is true for a
> warhammer, an iron mace, perhaps even for a solid axe and a halebard. But
> for a sword like a rapier... it's no way that a rapier can pierce plate
> armor, and if you land enough damage with the rapier, the blade should
> break sonner than the breastplate.
>
> If you do not believe me, take some spring steel, 4mm thick take it out
> and start banging it towards the corner of a wooden house and see how the
> corner prevails and the spring steel blade bends and/or breaks
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No worries, I believe you. Actually not so much plate that I was tinking
of mine, more bezanted, ringmail etc, where because teh bits are sewed on,
its possible (I would think, but can't exacltly back this up) to pop off a
bezant or ring here and there, leaving the proverbial chink in the armour
which should be in some way quantified into some sort of penalty, until
repaired. It also makes teh Crafter - Armourer occupation quite a valuable
one to have in the party:)