I have mostly ringmail and banded with leather boots and armbands
(mostly because of the weight limits of a strength of 75). But my
small ringmail shirt is ac 12 and someone wanted me to wear a lockjaw
hide vest that they had acquired. The ac was the same, but the vest
gave me a +5 to my stamina (not that I care), but I chose not to wear
it and keep my ringmail because the vest looked like leather and I
prefered the look of the ringmail, +5 stamina or not. :)

>From: "Walt Zimbeck" <wzimbeck@...>
>
> I am not sure if this is vanity or what, but I sure like the way my
>female
>high elf looks in her leather armor. I may just keep it for traveling
>clothes like you say when I start getting some better stuff.
>
>Yilari, Level 10 Cleric, Erollisi Marr.
>
>
> >
> > Bree,
> >
> > >Well, you are in the wrong class if you are big on looks my friend,
>until
> > >you can get to PoF and get the Mist Armor.
> >
> > I'm not too sure I agree with this. With the options of storebought
>Steel,
> > Rubicite and Mithril, you can come up with a very nice looking outfit
>for
> > travelling and social occasions. Although I'd like to obtain Mist Armor
> > myself, it's just not feasible at this time. However, you can be as
>vain
> > (I'm very aware of how my character appears), as any other class.
> >
> > >You wanna be a good cleric? Mostly likely the answer is yes.
> > >Then you will look like a newbie.
> >
> > Absolutely, during times of battle you will look like a nightmarish
> > hodgepodge. However, outside of battle you can still wear your
>travelling
> > clothes. I normally carry my mithril breastplate, as well as the rest
>of
> > my outfit with me, so that when I'm not fighting, I don't look a mess.
>=)