Longswords aren’t difficult to swing and weigh around 1kg. Large two handed swords weigh around 2.5 - 3kg, and those are the giant ones you see really buff knights wield in movies.
RPGs don’t make sense. Leather armor didn’t really exist / wasn’t widely used. A dude in full steel armor isn’t almost immobile / doesn’t become a turtle when pushed over. It’s all game mechanics someone thought up.
Various forms of leather armour have been used by many cultures forms of leather armour extensively for thousands of years.
Leather armour has been one of the main component of armour throughout human history.
In western civilization it fell out of popular usage around the 14th century in favour of quilted armour. However, leather armour pieces were still often used in conjunction with metal armours.
Someone in true full plate armour lacks the motion of half a quarter plate. Full plate soldiers and knights were extreamly rare in battle. Full plate was either used in ceremonies or jousting, with half plate more common in battles.
If you were to fall down in full plate it would take an above average person several minutes to roll over and push themselves up. Every action in full plate uses 3 times the amount of energy.
Longswords aren’t difficult to swing and weigh around 1kg. Large two handed swords weigh around 2.5 - 3kg, and those are the giant ones you see really buff knights wield in movies.
RPGs don’t make sense. Leather armor didn’t really exist / wasn’t widely used. A dude in full steel armor isn’t almost immobile / doesn’t become a turtle when pushed over. It’s all game mechanics someone thought up.
Various forms of leather armour have been used by many cultures forms of leather armour extensively for thousands of years.
Leather armour has been one of the main component of armour throughout human history.
In western civilization it fell out of popular usage around the 14th century in favour of quilted armour. However, leather armour pieces were still often used in conjunction with metal armours.
Someone in true full plate armour lacks the motion of half a quarter plate. Full plate soldiers and knights were extreamly rare in battle. Full plate was either used in ceremonies or jousting, with half plate more common in battles.
If you were to fall down in full plate it would take an above average person several minutes to roll over and push themselves up. Every action in full plate uses 3 times the amount of energy.
Uhhh, leather armor definitely existed. Lacquered leather armor is what the samurai wore, for instance.