Murdoc
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Maille armor values - 2006/01/22 23:50
I'm vague on how the armor values for various sorts of maille are calculated. I'd like to know before I begin my next project. Might as well follow the rules and have a cool project at the same time!
As I understand, standard is 4:1 european with 16ga wire and 3/8" rings, for a base effective armour of 3. Thus a 18ga wire with a 3/8 ring has a -1 value, efective 2 points, yes? And a 20ga with the same ring is a -2, effective 1 point of armor. Correct? 14ga would be +1, right? 12ga at +2?
Ring size as I understand would also affect armor value. A 16ga wire with a 2/8 ring is a +1? So if standard is 3/8 (or 6/16) and a +1 is for 2/8 (or 4/16), how are 5/16 ring treated? Or is a 5/16 a +1 with a 4/16 a +2? How much of a rings size change is considered in this factoring? Being completely anal retentive here, how about 32nds?
My shirt now is a 18ga with 3/16 rings, and I'm told its a 4 point shirt (3 base, -1 for ga, +2 for ring size). This true? Maybe I got the superior construction without knowing? Or should I have gotten a 5 point out of it, but max bonus is +2, so 4 points?
Augmented maille is considered a +1 to the base, so base of 4 points. Cool, I assume that a 6:1 European weave is considered augmented, yes? Is it pretty much the case where everything other than 4:1 is considered augmented?
Superior construction will give a +1 bonus, cool. I've had mentioned to me that I need to put a gold trim or something around my shirt to get that. But seriously, that's considered to be superior construction? An emblem I could see, but just a trim?
Does type of metal play a factor here at all? Steel being the norm of course, how are things like bronze or titanium handled? Aluminum being a -1 for non authenticity I can see, but would we really penalize people who put the $ in for titanium?
What about heat treatment? Might not be as meaningful with maille, but what about plates or metal scales?
Hope to get some clarification on this one, I'm going nuts not having a project at the moment and as soon as I get some answers I can start my next one!
Regards,
Murdoc
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