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Deathbringer March 2021 Update (Patreon)

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2021-03-06 12:40:49
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40+ pages of house rules. I changed rules for fighters, clerics, proficiencies, and death at negative hit points. AC (called Defense) is now you DEX. HP are your CON. I added some stuff about how magic works. 

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Taber McFarlin

I noticed this on previous versions but figured it was a mixup with the firearms. What is up with swords ignoring armor?

Will Smith

I was going through the armor section, I like that Brigandine is used, much more popular than plate, with only slightly less protection and way more maneuverability. However, the pricing is wrong, or the wording. Leather is easy to come by, common enough. Gambeson could be made at home with only a little craft needed at the time. What is not shown here, and in D&D, is that you could layer, usually Gambeson under leather, brigandine and mail without compromising too much. I would make it a +1, leather a +1 (combined to +2 light armor), Brigandine a +2 (medium) and Mail a +2 , with added neck plates for a last +1 for extra plus the time to fit it to you. Also, you don't buy new mail armor for 400gp, it's Grave Mail, looted and patched. Much more grim dark, and accurate for the time. A full suit of mail is 1000 hours of labor, not to mention the materials. What I see from the pricing chart is used medium and heavy armor. New would be 10 times that amount, custom made for you.

Will Smith
>>55406351

Agree, in Alan Williams' the Knight and the Blast Furnace, swords were not that effective vs armor. Pole Arms and arrows could pierce most armor, but not swords. You usually just beat the snot out of them using the kinetic force to wear them down until an opening in the armor was found. Unless it had a tapered head, a light sword was mostly useless against leather. Even slashing axes had little penetration. A Rapier could be deadly, but also fragile against larger swords. Swords vs mail even less. I think this is a mistake.

Will Smith
>>55824300

FYI, I know its "rules lite" and I can "do it my own way at my table." I just wanted to put this out there unless someone else thought it would be cooler. Reading up on Grave Market chainmail got me in the mood for some Deathbringer!